Accused created over 3,000 fake profiles on Facebook, impersonated professionals

Revealing the modus operandi of the accused, the DCP said Okoye used to survey various online Facebook accounts of professionals like doctors and managed to steal their identity by creating fake profiles and impersonating them.

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"He used those fake profiles to send friend requests to other profiles in similar domains. After developing friendship with them, he cunningly used them to obtain their mobile and WhatsApp numbers on the pretext of having a relationship with them. Subsequently, the accused managed to collect private and intimate photographs/videos of the victims by sharing fake photos/videos of the persons he impersonated. He then used them to blackmail the vict