As the regional police department reported, over the past month, cases of blackmail related to entering into an intimate relationship have been identified in Samarkand.
Thus, a 30-year-old resident of Kushrabad, after entering into an intimate relationship with an unmarried 20-year-old girl and deteriorating relations with her, began to extort money from the girl, blackmailing her with a video that captured their meetings.
The girl gave him 800 thousand soums and a new phone. After a while, he again began to extort money, this time $1 thousand. The extortionist was detained in the city of Samarkand after receiving 1 million 200 thousand soums.
In another case, the head of a department was meeting with a secretary. Her fan followed the lovers and filmed them. Afterwards, the man began to demand $10 thousand, otherwise he threatened to distribute the video.
The extortionist and his accomplice initially received $3 thousand, and later, while receiving $4 thousand, they were detained.
In another case, a 33-year-old man became romantically involved with a 37-year-old divorced woman. During their meetings, the man secretly filmed them, and then began to threaten that he would distribute the video on social networks if the woman did not give him $3.5 thousand. Having received the money, he continued to blackmail her, saying that for $10 thousand he would delete the recordings.
He was detained on May 25 in the Samarkand region while receiving $7.5 thousand and 2 thousand euros.
All suspects have been detained and a pre-investigation check is underway.
