An online fraudster who mocked up images of bank statements to trick teenage girls into sending him intimate photos has been jailed for 30 months.
A National Crime Agency investigation found that Samuel Ward, 27, from Newmarket, Suffolk, approached victims on social media and offered to send large amounts of money in exchange for explicit images.
The investigation began with a report from a 17-year-old girl in Florida to U.S. law enforcement, who passed information onto the NCA.
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