A complaint lodged by two sisters to the Abu Dhabi Public Prosecution has led to the arrest of a man who threatened them on SnapChat. It ordered to detain the person for seven days for investigation. Despite the accused’s attempt to hide evidence electronically, the public prosecution gathered technical evidence that proved his involvement in threats.
Counselor Ali Al Beloushi, Attorney General Abu Dhabi, said the technical team utilized their expertise and tracked down the crime gathering necessary evidence against perpetrators. The attorney general also asked the team to spread awareness among the community about such threats and extortion cases.
In such cases the culprit could be punished with jail of up to three years with a fine not exceeding Aed 1 million, the prosecution said.
The prosecution’s investigation, so far, has revealed that it received a complaint from the victim that a person has threatened to publish their photographs and their personal information, including that of her sister, on the web. The extortionist also demanded she pay Aed 7,000 which she sent him. After a month again she started receiving threats from the same account and again the victim was asked to pay Aed 7,000 the prosecution said.
After the complaint, the public prosecution started monitoring the perpetrator’s account. It later turned out that the perpetrator was a friend and he was threatening her from a ghost account.
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