Gulf Nationals Targeted in Online Blackmail Scheme by Moroccan Trio

Arrested by the judicial police services of Tangier, the 3 suspects, one of whom was the subject of 4 national arrest warrants for blackmail and threats, admitted to operating on the Internet since at least 2014.

The modus operandi of the 2 brothers and the young woman was to attract men from the Gulf countries to private chat rooms under a false identity, generally of very beautiful women, before filming them in indecent positions and then blackmailing them.

A search of the 3 individuals’ home in Oued Zem led to the seizure of 3 computers, several USB keys, about ten internet recharge cards, a utility vehicle and a large number of money transfer receipts.