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Interpol Scam / Extortion

DATE & TIME: 07-07-2021 @ 12:34 pm

LOCATION: Barneston, Nebraska

OFFENSE: Interpol Scam / Extortion

CASE #: 2021-2643

On Wednesday, July 7, 2021 a resident of Barneston, Nebraska contacted the Gage County Sheriff’s Office and spoke with an investigator about being blackmailed over the internet. The resident stated he received and accepted a Facebook friend request from a female he did not know. Within a short period of time, she was sending him risqué photos via a mobile communication device and asking him to do the same. 

As their legal discourse progressed, a second person entered the conversation and stated they were going to send the photos and images to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and have an “Interpol warrant” issued for his arrest, unless he paid them $5,500.00. The suspects also threatened to post a YouTube video and send the information to his friends and family.

He did not make any payments to the suspects and contacted the Gage County Sheriff’s Office investigator who assured him the situation was an attempt at extortion and to not make any payments to the suspects.

The Gage County Sheriff’s Office encourages people to not give in to blackmail or extortion and to contact law enforcement if they are receiving any type of threat from someone to reveal a situation they wish to remain secret or private. Blackmailers will not stop with an initial payment and when the private situation is revealed to family, friends, and law enforcement, the suspects lose their power over the victim.

Sheriff Millard “Gus” Gustafson #903

Sergeant T. Hanson #90310