Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan have detained a girl who extorted money from men. According to the investigation, a 19-year-old resident of the city of Kanibadam is suspected of extortion. The suspect met a 30-year-old man while purchasing a mobile phone in the city of Khujand in August 2024. “On August […]
Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan have detained a girl who extorted money from men.
According to the investigation, a 19-year-old resident of the city of Kanibadam is suspected of extortion.
The suspect met a 30-year-old man while purchasing a mobile phone in the city of Khujand in August 2024.
“On August 14, 2024, around 01:00 AM, she called the man on his mobile phone and through the messaging app ‘WhatsApp’ and during the conversation asked him to take off his clothes and show her his body. The man complied with her demands, after which the suspect took a screenshot of the photo and saved it on her ‘Infinix’ mobile phone,” the statement notes.
“Promising to delete these photos, she obtained 1000 somoni from the victim. Not satisfied with this, on August 15, she called the man again and demanded another 300 somoni,” the press service of the agency reports.
A criminal case has been initiated against the young girl under part 1 of article 250 of the Criminal Code of Tajikistan (Extortion under the threat of disclosing humiliating information about the victim). The girl faces a punishment of imprisonment for a term of five to ten years.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that the investigation is ongoing.
This is not the first case where the public learns about blackmail and extortion. Earlier reports indicated that employees of law enforcement agencies, including the GKNB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, earn money by preparing girls for meetings with wealthy men, photographing these moments, and then blackmailing them, threatening long prison sentences and demanding large sums in exchange for destroying the photographs.