The IU Police Department is investigating an incident of blackmail occurring on multiple social media platforms.
On Friday, an IU student accepted the friend request of an “attractive female” on Facebook, according to an IUPD statement. The victim then agreed to meet the Facebook friend via Skype after she agreed to show her breasts.
The female who appeared on Skype was not the same person who had friended the victim on Facebook, even so, the victim did show his penis to the female in the Skype call.
The victim received a Facebook message the next day demanding $4,500 or else the Skype video of the victim’s penis would be posted on YouTube.
The video was posted to YouTube after the victim refused to pay the blackmail money.
IUPD is still investigating the incident. It is unknown if the female blackmailer is an IU student, and no suspects have been named.
Carley Lanich
