In a news release issued Wednesday, police said they’ve received reports of scammers superimposing an image of a victim’s face over a video or photo so it appears the person is nude or engaging in sexual acts.
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Youngest victim was an 11-year-old boy who sent naked photos to a scammer and was blackmailed out of HK$2,500, while biggest case involved HK$350,000. 
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According to court documents, Filippo Parlagreco, 35, allegedly sought and obtained via a social media application sexually explicit images of an 11-year-old minor, threatened to disseminate the images if the minor did not produce more, and then shared sexually explicit images of the minor with others via encrypted messaging applications.
As alleged in the complaint, law enforcement identified the minor victim after another minor victim notified the police that the defendant had posted photos of her undressed on a social media application without her consent, and demanded additional images from her as a condition of taking the photos down.
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Tracking the cryptocurrency paid by victims finds that, even with a low rate of payout, the scheme netted a cool half million for the various groups involved.
The Swarm's insight:
"Sextortion scams usually center on a simple fraud: threatening to reveal the private porn habits of would-be victims using usernames and passwords leaked from previous data breaches to add credence to the threats." - Robert Lemos | Dark Reading
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Alexander Griffiths' has been jailed after the 14-year-old victim revealed she had self harmed nearly every day thanks to his abuse
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Fox News host Chris Wallace on Sunday challenged Trump administration Education Secretary Betsy DeVos over a threat to cut off funding for schools that do not agree to gathering students together during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Swarm's insight:
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos can't make parents put their kids in harm's way, so she's trying to force schools to reopen in order to please Donald Trump. Just remember that when we vote him out of office; she'll get a pink slip too.
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Nicky Hollyoak, aged 30, was arrested following a joint investigation by West Midlands Police and Avon and Somerset Police.
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