Man jailed for threatening to upload women’s nude photos
SINGAPORE — An Indian national was jailed for 32 months yesterday for conning women into sending him nude photos of themselves, then threatening to upload the photos online if they did not have sex with him.
SINGAPORE — An Indian national was jailed for 32 months yesterday for conning women into sending him nude photos of themselves, then threatening to upload the photos online if they did not have sex with him.
Construction worker Mani Velmurugan, 28, tricked 17 women into sending him their nude photos between May and August last year, by using a Caucasian man’s photo for his profile page on an online chat website.
He would then threaten to leak their nude photos if they did not have sex with him.
District Judge Eddy Tham said a harsh sentence had to be imposed so as to deter like-minded individuals. He could have been jailed up to 10 years and fined for each charge.
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