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30 Jan 2021 07:52AM (Updated:
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SINGAPORE: A 33-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly extorting about S$200,000 from a woman so that compromising videos of herself would not circulated. He also purportedly coerced her into engaging in sexual acts with him.
In a news release on Saturday (Jan 30), the police said that on Oct 10 last year at about 10pm, they received a report from a woman stating that she was extorted by a man she had befriended online on a dating app.
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SINGAPORE - A total of 252 people have been arrested for various offences during a 16-day enforcement operation led by the Bedok Police Division.
Most of the suspects were arrested for offences related to cheating and loan-sharking, while a small number were hauled up for drug offences and other crimes.
The suspects, aged between 16 and 76, comprise 186 men and 66 women.
The operation took place from Nov 23 to Dec 8, said the police in a statement on Monday (Dec 14).
Of the 252, 50 men and 19 women are being investigated for their suspected involvement in e-commerce scams and money-laundering activities, with the value of these transactions exceeding $1.5 million.