New Delhi, Feb. 25 -- A 27-year-old man, who had been posing as a "Rahul Sharma," an employee of YouTube, was arrested for his involvement in a widespread sextortion scheme. The accused had extorted hundreds of individuals by threatening to upload their private videos on social media.

As per an official release from The Crime Branch, Delhi "Accused used to pose as one "Rahul Sharma", an employee of Youtube. He used to blackmail victims by pretending to be an employee of Youtube and threatening to upload their private videos on Youtube. He had also impersonated as one Inspector Surender from Cyber Crime of Delhi Police."

The accused had adopted the same Modus Operandi to blackmail and "sextort" hundreds of people after recording their pr...