•Governor Hyacinth Alia and his suspended special adviser, Mkor Aondona The Governor of Benue State, Hyacinth Alia, has suspended his Special Adviser on Documentation, Research, and Planning, Mkor Aondona, who was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged sextortion, cyberbullying, and blackmail. In a statemen...
•The suspect, Mkor Aondona Operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested the Special Adviser to the Executive Governor of Benue State on Documentation, Research, and Planning, Mkor Aondona, for alleged sextortion and cyberbullying. Aondona was arrested on Friday, June 20, 2025,...
The FBI and partners from Canada, Australia, Nigeria, and the United Kingdom have conducted a first-of-its kind operation to combat financially motivated sextortion schemes in Nigeria that resulted in the arrest of 22 Nigerian suspects. In coordination with multiple law enforcement partners, including Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Co...
•Mark and Ros Dowey The parents of a British teenager who took his own life after falling victim to sextortion have urged criminals to stop “terrorising” vulnerable individuals. A report by BBC posted today noted that a 16-year-old from Dunblane, Scotland, Murray Dowey, died last year after being blackmailed by individuals believed to be opera...
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, today announced new measures to fight sextortion, a form of online blackmail where criminals coerce victims, often teens, into sending sexually explicit images of themselves. The measures include stricter controls on who can follow or message teen accounts and safety notices in Instagram dire...
•The 2 Nigerian brothers Samuel and Samson, and their victim, late Jordan DeMay A US court has sentenced two Nigerian brothers, Samuel Ogoshi, 24, and Samson Ogoshi, 21, to 17 years and six months in prison. They were sentenced for their involvement in a sextortion scheme that tragically led to the suicide of 17-year-old Jordan […]
•Man and woman using digital information to extort people Sextortion is a type of online blackmail where someone threatens to share private sexual images or videos of you with others if you don’t comply with their demands. This can be extremely distressing. However, it is important to know there are steps you can take and […]
Meta said today it was developing new tools to protect teenage users from “sextortion” scams on its Instagram platform, which has been accused by US politicians of damaging the mental health of youngsters. Gangs run sextortion scams by persuading people to provide explicit images of themselves and then threatening to release them to the public...
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