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Telangana: Loan app operators morph nude pics of businessman, extort Rs 1.8 lakh

HYDERABAD: A businessman who borrowed a mere Rs 3,000 via a loan app but dillydallied in repayment ended up shelling out Rs 1.8 lakh after the app operators began sending his morphed nude photos to his contacts on phone.

The 35-year-old from Kamareddy had installed multiple loan apps on his phone in February after an online search, cops said. When he didn’t repay, the loan app operators accessed his contacts on the phone and shared his morphed nude photos, cops said. The operators then began to extort money as the panicked businessman urged them to stop sharing the morphed nude images with his contacts.

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