Cyber sextortion: Mumbai software programmer duped of Rs 21 lakh by ‘Facebook friend’

A 46-year-old software programmer in Mumbai allegedly lost Rs 21.39 lakh to a cyber sextortion recently, said the police on Sunday.

The complainant was befriended by a woman on Facebook, who lured him into an intimate video call, recorded the conversation, and later extorted money from him along with her accomplices, cyber police said. An FIR has been registered in the matter and probe has been initiated.