20 year old Charged

A twenty year old tertiary student has been charged for allegedly obtaining money after threatening to release nude photos of another man on social media.

The alleged incidents occurred earlier this year during the month of March.

The accused is alleged to have created a fake profile as a woman and sought out potential victims online.

After carefully identifying his potential victims, he would send a friend request, and after gaining the victim's trust would send sexual videos with a false hope of offering sexual favours.

The accused would then allegedly ask for sexually explicit photos from the victim.

Once received, the accused allegedly solicited $400 in exchange for the money not to be posted on social media.

The accused has been charged with two counts of obtaining financial advantage by deception and will be produced at the Suva Magistrates Court today.

He is also wanted for similar cases in Tavua and Totogo.

We urge social media users to be extremely cautious when exchanging personal information online.