Tag: sextortion

Data ‘Fragments’ Can’t Identify Dutch Man as Amanda Todd’s Extortionist, Says Defence

“Fragments” of computer data cited by police cannot link a Dutch man to the harassment and extortion of British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd, says a defence lawyer. Joseph Saulnier, representing Aydin Coban, began his closing arguments Tuesday afternoon by telling a B.C. Supreme Court jury trial they should convict his client only if they are…


Deleted Bookmark Led to Child Pornography That Depicted Amanda Todd: Crown

A hard drive seized from the home of the Dutch man accused of harassing British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd contained a deleted bookmark to child pornography depicting her, a Crown attorney told B.C. Supreme Court on Friday. Louise Kenworthy told the jury trial of Aydin Coban that previous expert testimony showed Todd’s name and several…


Crown Links BC Teen to Alleged Harasser Through Video File, Phone Number, Photo

Crown attorneys have described a series of links they say connect British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd and the Dutch man accused of harassing and extorting her in B.C. Supreme Court on Thursday. They include a phone number, a passport photo, and a video file with the name “AmandaTodd.wmv” that a Dutch police expert said was…


Protecting Boys From Sextortion

Commentary There’s an intriguing photograph of the four people who head up Australia’s Digital Platforms Regulators Forum. A row of smiling women. The control of our county’s high tech online world is firmly in female hands, with not a skerrick of gender diversity to be seen. This would be fine if we could be assured…


Crown Calls Final Witness in Trial for Dutch Man Accused of Extorting BC Teen

Crown prosecutors have called their last witness in the British Columbia Supreme Court trial for the Dutch man accused of extorting Port Coquitlam teenager Amanda Todd before she died nearly a decade ago. Aydin Coban has pleaded not guilty to charges of extortion, harassment, communication with a young person to commit a sexual offence and…


Families Should Guard Against ‘Sextortion’ Schemes Targeting Boys: San Diego FBI

SAN DIEGO—The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in San Diego warned parents and caregivers on April 28 about an increase in “sextortion” incidents involving children, especially teenage boys. According to the FBI, the agency has received more reports of adults posing as young girls coercing boys through social media to produce sexual images and videos, and…


‘Sextortion’ Targeting Children on the Rise Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, National Tipline Says

A child protection organization warned that “sextortion” targeting children is on the rise as they spend more time online during the COVID-19 pandemic.  “Simply put, sextortion is blackmail,” said Cybertip, a Canadian national tipline for reporting online sexual exploitation of children, in a news release on Tuesday. “It’s when someone online threatens to send a sexual image or…