September 22, 2025 - Comments Off on Court hands 6 Year Prison sentence to man who used Fake Facebook Profiles to Blackmail Woman

Court hands 6 Year Prison sentence to man who used Fake Facebook Profiles to Blackmail Woman

The Judicial Magistrate (East) has found defendant Abdullah Saleem guilty of offences under Section 20, 21, and 24 of Pakistan’s Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA). Complaints brought to the court found this individual, based in Karachi, had been creating fake Facebook accounts with the intent of blackmailing and exacting revenge on a woman who rejected his proposal for marriage. He had been using these social media accounts to transmit pictures of this woman to random users in order to tarnish her reputation. The courts found substantial evidence from the prosecution to assess that the perpetrators action amounted to a violation of dignity, modesty, and a dangerous example of cyberharassment. Complainant testimonies were corroborated by confiscating the defendants phone, and by verifying chat records, screenshots, WhatsApp records, and detailed forensic reports.

Published by: Digital Rights Foundation in Digital Rights Tracker

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