Blackmail on Facebook

It is reported that an American teenager, Anthony Stancl (18) posed as a girl on Facebook and had male classmates send him naked photos. He has been charged with a number of offences after he blackmailed them into performing sex acts by telling them if they did not comply the photos or movies would be sent to friends or posted on the Internet. Stancl is alleged to have posed as a girl who persuaded more than 30 boys to send him compromising pictures.

The incidents came to light as a result of an investigation in to bomb threats. Police said the threats were sent via email from a computer that Mr Stancl was logged into at a public library. During the bomb threat investigation one of his alleged victims reported the incident to the police.