A
young single mother who became rich by luring men into s*x online then
turning around to blackmail them for money has been arrested.
Maria Cecilia Caparas-Regalachuelo
The woman who is the mastermind behind a global internet sex scam
that caused the suicide of a British teenager is a rich former slum
dweller from the Philippines known as the Queen of Sextortion, reports Dailymail.
The woman has been identified as single mother Maria Cecilia
Caparas-Regalachuelo – who just 10 years ago lived in one of Manila's
worst areas – is the alleged matriarch of a syndicate in the northern
Philippines that has blackmailed thousands of foreigners after taking
n*ked videos of them during online sex chats.
According to reports, it was revealed that the woman used a Fagin's
band of urchins including girls as young as 12, Caparas is believed to
have amassed a fortune by getting her gang members to threaten to post
naked footage of victims on Facebook after persuading them to strip.
The woman has been blamed for the suicide of 17-year-old Daniel
Perry from Dumfermline in Scotland. The trainee mechanic thought he was
chatting online to a girl in the US and was told by his online
tormentors he would be 'better off dead' as they demanded money shortly
before he leapt to his death from the Forth Road Bridge in 2013.
Caparas, 37, was arrested with dozens of other gang members in a 2014 Interpol swoop following Daniel's death.
She is suspected to have used her wealth and connections to bribe
her way out of prison and continue her sextortion racket before being
arrested again in September last year.
She is now in custody awaiting trial for child abuse and trafficking.
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