Woman jailed for ‘sextortion’
THIS should serve as a lesson for people fond of commercial sex.
A 27-year-old woman accused of engaging in sex-for-hire activities was arrested by agents of the Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group for taking the nude photos of one of her clients and threatening to upload them in the social media if he won’t heed her monetary demand, PNP-ACG director Brigadier General Sydney S. Hernia said on Wednesday.
The suspect was identified as MJ Pascual, of Barangay 382 in Sta. Cruz, Manila, was apprehended during an entrapment operation on Tuesday inside the Jollibee branch on LRT Monumento in Grace Park, Caloocan City.
The sting was conducted amid a complaint from a 25-year-old man identified through his alias ‘Waq,’ of Bgy. Viente Reales in Valenzuela City.
According to the complainant, the suspect threatened to spread his nude photos she took during their brief tryst in a motel if he won’t give her P3,000. The man agreed to the demand after the woman said she would delete his obscene photos and videos.
However, he went to the office of the Northern District Anti-Cybercrime Unit under Captain Santiago Roy and filed a complaint which triggered the entrapment operation.
Undercover officers from the NDACT and the Regional Anti-Cybercrime Unit-National Capital Region under Lieutenant Colonel Jay Guillermo and the local police conducted the sting which resulted in the arrest of the suspect after she received the P4,000 worth of boodle money.
The suspect was charged with violation of Article 294 of the Revised Penal Code or robbery with violence against or intimidation of persons in relation to Republic Act 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.
