A 20-year-old tertiary student has been charged for allegedly obtaining money after threatening to release nude photos of another man on social media.
Police say the alleged incidents occurred in March this year.
The tertiary student is alleged to have created a fake profile as a woman and looked for potential victims online.
It is alleged after carefully identifying his potential victims, he would send a friend request, and after gaining the victim's trust would send sexual videos with a false hope of offering sexual favours.
The man would then allegedly ask for sexually explicit photos from the victim. Once received, he would allegedly solicit $400 in exchange for the photos not to be posted on social media.
He has been charged with two counts of obtaining financial advantage by deception and will be produced in the Suva Magistrates Court today.
The tertiary student was also wanted for similar cases in Tavua and Totogo.
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