Extortionists demand bitcoins, threaten to leak private images of Pune builder

Pune city police have launched a probe after a city-based builder received extortion emails demanding 60 bitcoins and threatening to circulate his private images on failing to do so, officers said.

An FIR has been registered at Shivajinagar police station by an employee of the builder’s firm. The police have invoked various provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including those pertaining to extortion, and relevant sections of the Information Technology Act.

Investigators said multiple messages were sent to the official company email between November 27 and 30. “In the first mail, the sender claimed that they have some private images of the builder and threatened to circulate them.