City boy, 15, charged in sextortion case
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Police say a Winnipeg teen posted intimate photos of a girl from Belgium online and then tried to extort her.
The investigation began in the western European country, and the Winnipeg Police Service raided a Point Douglas home Thursday after obtaining a search warrant. Officers seized digital storage devices and arrested a 15-year-old boy. He is charged with five offences: extortion, criminal harassment and three related to child sexual abuse or obscene material.
He was released from custody with “numerous conditions,” the WPS said in a news release Monday.
Police said the boy and the teenage girl, who were strangers, were in contact online for about a year and never met.
“The female was coerced to send intimate images of herself to the accused. He posted the images online without her consent,” the release said.
The boy harassed and extorted the victim, demanding money to stop posting the intimate images online last year, between Oct. 4 and Nov. 30, the WPS said. The victim reported the incident to police in Belgium, who helped get the images removed, the release said.
City police received an online report about the sextortion case in October.