Massive sex blackmail scheme run by SC inmates targeted military, officials say
BY JOHN MONK AND TEDDY KULMALA
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November 28, 2018 11:15 AM
Updated November 28, 2018 06:43 PM
COLUMBIA, SC
More than 400 military service members across the United States have fallen victim to sexual blackmail schemes run by inmates in S.C. prisons, officials said Wednesday.
Indictments against 15 people, including five S.C. inmates, were unsealed Wednesday, describing a “sextortion ring,” law enforcement officials told a news conference at the S.C. Department of Corrections’ prison complex in Columbia.
About 440 military service members have fallen victim to the scheme in recent years, paying $560,000 in extortion money to the blackmailers and their accomplices, officials said.
The victims came from the Air Force, the Army, the Navy and the Marines, and military bases across the country. Victims included officers and enlisted service members, officials said.
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