Minnesota man arrested in ‘sextortion scheme,’ involving Delhi teenager

A person from St. Paul, Minnesota is going through prices in federal court docket involving an alleged on-line “sextortion scheme,” that Concerned greater than 500 ladies from across the nation, together with a young person from Delhi Township. 

Yue Vang, 31, is going through prices in U.S. District Courtroom involving two counts of manufacturing of kid pornography and one depend every of possession of kid pornography and interstate communications with intent to extort.

In line with police, Yang preyed on his victims by creating phony social media accounts and soliciting teenaged ladies to ship him nude photographs. His on-line presence indicated that he was a woman.

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He used numerous social media apps, together with Skype, Instagram, Kik and Snapchat, to lure ladies from late 2015 by means of September 2020 in accordance with regulation enforcement.

When he acquired the photographs, Vang, as a part of his “sextortion scheme,” would then threaten his victims with releasing the photographs to their family and friends if they didn’t ship him extra specific photographs.

One in every of his alleged victims is from 2016 and is from Delhi Township. Delhi Township police contacted the FBI and different nationwide companies tasked with investigating web intercourse crimes after she stepped ahead to report the crime.

The investigation led regulation enforcement to find an IP deal with allegedly belonging to Vang, who’s now going through a minimal of 15 years in jail.

Delhi police had been notified on Could 25 that Vang had been arrested in reference to the case

The Enquirer’s media associate Fox 19 contributed to this story.