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Saturday, May 3, 2014

Cybersex blackmail gang in the Philippines busted after suicide of Scottish teenager

Cybersex blackmail gang in the Philippines busted after suicide of Scottish teenager caught in one of their online traps leads police to their door

Daniel Perry took his own life after he was blackmailed by people online - who told him they would show compromising pictures to his family unless he gave them money Daniel Perry, 17, a mechanic from Fife, took his own life when people online threatened to send compromising images of him to his family unless he paid them. and friends unless he paid them.Daniel's death prompted a large-scale police inquiry by investigators from Interpol, the US Department of Homeland Security, plus police Scotland and other forces. Now, at least 58 Filipino suspects have been arrested after the investigators traced online activity from some of their victims' computers. At least three of those are thought to have targeted Daniel.

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