Police arrested a man who used online games such as PUBG and 8 Ball Pool to blackmail children into sending sexually explicit videos.
As per reports, the man was arrested after an operation in Jamshoro.
The deputy director of the FIA’s Cyber Crime Wing, Mohammad Iqbal, said several pornographic and sexually explicit videos were recovered from the suspect during the search. A first information report (FIR) has been registered against him as well, he added.
The man PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) and multiplayer video game 8 Ball Pool to befriend children.
The FIA official said the suspect also used to ask for sexually explicit videos from children by attracting them with offers of giving them PUBG’s in-game currency, G-Coins.
“In the past, the culprit had forced some children into sending him videos of their families, after which he would blackmail them,” he added.
The parents of one of the kids had earlier requested the relevant authorities to investigate the matter and filed a case against him.
The alleged paedophile has cyber-abused and threatened children from Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab along with their families, the FIA official said.
The criminal investigation and cybercrime agency was also investigating the sale of pornographic videos by the suspect.
