According to the police, a local resident A.B., born in 2004, filed a complaint with the police about extortion. He stated that certain individuals, who introduced themselves as bloggers, threatened to publish compromising video footage if he did not pay them money.
During operational and preventive measures on February 13, the suspects were detained.
It became known that on the night of February 10, the victim was in his car with a girl in the parking lot of his home when two men approached them and claimed they had recorded "indecent actions" on video. They demanded 100,000 soms from him, threatening to publish the recording online.
Under the pressure of threats, the victim transferred 50,000 soms to the specified account in M-Bank, while the criminals demanded that the remaining amount be handed over later, threatening to distribute the video.
The suspects were caught red-handed receiving 500 dollars in cash on February 13.
The detainees, residents of Osh S.M., born in 2005, and from the Kara-Suu district Ch. uulu B., born in 2002, have been placed in a temporary detention facility.
Law enforcement agencies continue to investigate their possible involvement in other similar crimes and urge citizens who have fallen victim to their actions to contact them at the phone numbers 0990 95 70 00 or 102.
