Category: Cyber Crime
Man imprisoned for 8 Years for Blackmailing on Facebook
On Wednesday, Peshawar’s sessions court sentenced 8 years imprisonment and imposed Rs50,000 fine to a man who was involved in uploading pictures of a woman and her family on Facebook to blackmail them. Additional sessions judge Kalsoom Azam under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) 2016 indicted Ahsan Sheraz, a resident of Peshawar. The man created a false Facebook
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