12 under investigation for manipulating obscene photos in extortion scam
A two-week operation by officers from the Central Police Division identified 12 suspects in an extor...
Bhavya Rawat
02/05/2024
Extortion/Blackmail
2 Malaysian cops arrested again after allegedly extorting RM1,000 from another traveller at JB checkpoint
After reading reports of travellers being extorted by policemen at the Johor Bahru checkpoint, one M...
Candice Cai
21/04/2024
2 Malaysian cops arrested after allegedly extorting RM2,000 from man at JB checkpoint
Two Malaysian police officers were arrested on Friday (April 5) for allegedly extorting money from a...
Crystal Tan
07/04/2024
Man films wife having sex with top monk in China, extorts over $600k from him
Unwilling to be extorted further, one monk caught in a honey trap decided to take the alleged extort...
Khoo Yi-Hang
14/11/2023
Man who tried to extort $200k in chips from MBS gets jail
SINGAPORE — A man who threatened to report to the authorities that he was allowed to dine at a loung...
Samuel Devaraj
06/04/2023
'I didn't tell my wife': Man loses $1,500 to TikTok 'friends' who threatened to leak his nudes after video calls with them
Thinking that he'd made some new female friends on TikTok, one man decided to take things a step fur...
Claudia Tan
11/03/2023
I was very stressed, says Singaporean involved in Taiwanese actress 'extortion' case in Thailand
BANGKOK - A Singaporean who was with a Taiwanese actress who claimed Thai police extorted money from...
Ang Qing
02/02/2023
Instagram most common platform used to approach victims as cyber extortion cases up 47%
SINGAPORE - Cyber criminals have exploited the increase in online activity and digital services over...
Nadine Chua
04/09/2022
Man says sorry for stealing e-bike in Yishun but owner wants him to fork out $2,000
Caught red-handed, this thief was willing to return the e-bike to its rightful owner - but that's no...
Khoo Yi-Hang
06/06/2022