{"id":1010,"date":"2024-12-07T09:06:23","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T09:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/07\/suspect-arrested-in-catfishing-case\/"},"modified":"2024-12-07T09:06:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-07T09:06:23","slug":"suspect-arrested-in-catfishing-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/07\/suspect-arrested-in-catfishing-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect arrested in \u2018catfishing\u2019 case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1255669\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/shutterstock_1202889130-320x200.jpg?v=1733560149\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/shutterstock_1202889130.jpg?v=1733560149\" alt=\"Suspect arrested in \u2018catfishing\u2019 case\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/shutterstock_1202889130-960x600.jpg?v=1733560150\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[Shutterstock]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Cybercrime police have arrested a man in Attica on suspicion of possessing child abuse images, recording minors engaged in sexual acts and engaging in blackmail.<\/p>\n<p>Officers were acting on information that the suspect was engaged in catfishing, which is where a person creates a false identity to gain the trust of people and exploit them.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, the suspect, using a female pseudonym in a virtual chatroom, encouraged a minor to perform sexual acts, which he videotaped without the minor\u2019s knowledge.\u00a0The suspect then threatened to publish the material if the minor stopped communicating with him.<\/p>\n<p>Officers managed to identify the man after an exchange of information with foreign authorities.<\/p>\n<p>In a search of the suspect\u2019s home, police seized a mobile phone and a computer hard drive. During the raid, several videos were found on the devices showing child abuse material, some of which had been created a few hours previously on the suspect\u2019s computer in individual or group video calls with minors.<\/p>\n<p>The material has been forwarded for forensic analysis.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was led before a prosecutor.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/news\/1255669\/suspect-arrested-in-catfishing-case\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Shutterstock] Cybercrime police have arrested a man in Attica on suspicion of possessing child abuse images, recording minors engaged in sexual acts and engaging in blackmail. 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