Gardaí warn of online blackmail after Limerick extortion attempt

Sergeant Ber Leetch, crime prevention officer at Henry Street garda station, said: "The female stated that she would circulate his image on social media if he did not forward money to an account and she provided details.” 

Gardaí are investigating an allegation of a person attempting to extort money from a man after he forwarded a “compromising image” of himself to them online.

The attempted online blackmail occurred in Limerick recently, gardaí said.