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Man gets two years in jail for trying to extort $1.5M from couple
Kaieteur News- A 27-year-old man was on Tuesday sentenced to two years imprisonment when he appeared at the Wales Magistrates’ Court to answer an extortion charge.
Nandkishore Rup
The accused Nandkishore Rup Jnr also known as ‘Niron’ of Lot 13434 Block 8 Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD) was arrested on March 11, 2024 for using a computer system to extort $1.5M from Troy Persaud.
The crime occurred between February 27 and March 11, 2024 at Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara (WBD).
Rup made his first appearance at the Wales Magistrates’ Court on May 8, 2024 before Her Worship Rhondell Weever where he pleaded not guilty to the charge and was placed on $100,000 bail.
According to police Rup contacted Persaud via Facebook Messenger and demanded that he pay him $1.5M or he will publish nude photographs and videos of Persaud and his wife on Facebook.
Persaud reported the matter to the Cyber Crime Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department Headquarters. An investigation was launched and Rup was subsequently arrested.
Meanwhile, Tuesday March 18 Magistrate Weever found Rup guilty and sentenced him.
(Man gets two years in jail for trying to extort $1.5M from couple)
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