A "callous" teenager who hacked into women's Snapchat accounts and used nude photos to blackmail their friends has been jailed for two years. Jasin Bushi, 18, "completely violated" the victims’ privacy by hacking into at least seven women’s accounts between December 2020 and February last year and changing their passwords to lock them out.
Then, posing as the victims, he sent messages to their friends asking for rent money so they wouldn’t be kicked out – usually £200 or £300. Some of the friends realised something was wrong and called him out, but Bushi simply threatened to send nude pictures of the victim to all their contacts unless money was paid into his PayPal account.
Intimate pictures and videos of victims were posted publicly on numerous occasions and were seen by the victims’ family, friends and colleagues. Bushi denied actually posting them, which was accepted by the Judge.
