Man charged with âsextortionâ of 245 girls A man has been charged with the âsextortionâ of 245 girls after he allegedly pretended to be a social media celebrity and then blackmailed them.
Crime by Angie Raphael 15th Jan 2021 1:21 PM A Perth man who allegedly pretended to be a teenage social media celebrity to blackmail girls into sharing sexually explicit images and videos has been charged with 134 new offences. Muhammad Zain Ul Abideen Rasheed, 25, is now facing a total of 247 charges related to 245 complainants. Police allege Mr Rasheed befriended girls in Australia and overseas before he committed sextortion . The WA Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team began investigating him after tip-offs from the United States Homeland Security Investigations and Interpol. He was charged with more than 100 offences last year.