Inmates Bilk US Troops in $560K 'Sextortion' Scheme

A military investigation unit says prison inmates used online “sextortion” to take more than a half-million dollars from hundreds of American service members.   Agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service executed arrest warrants and served summonses Wednesday on a sextortion ring that had preyed on 442 troops from across the United States since 2015. Inmates used social media and online dating sites to pose as women and sent nude pictures to service members, according to...

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