Police arrested a pair of brothers from Ramle today on suspicion of blackmailing dozens of men by threatening to release their nude photos online, police say.
The two men, both in their 20s, were nabbed this morning in the mixed Arab-Jewish city. The arrests came after a covert probe by detectives in law enforcement’s Fraud and Cybercrime Unit into the months-long sexual extortion scheme.
A loaded handgun, alongside commercial quantities of hard drugs hidden in a tallit bag, was also found in the suspects’ possession.
The brothers allegedly posed as women online and convinced their victims to send sexually explicit photos of themselves. They then threatened to expose the material to their families and friends unless the victims sent “hush money” to keep the photos from going up on the internet.
The two are due in court tomorrow, where police will request to extend their remand.
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