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Teen victimized in Web attack

Pakistani man, 33, accused of extorting nude images of Rochester Hills girl to be extradited from Indiana.ROCHESTER HILLS -- A 33-year-old man was arrested Monday, accused of extorting nude photographs and videos from a Rochester Hills teenager by convincing her he had hacked into her computer and could ruin her parents' credit rating, authorities say.

Barbar Majid Chaudhry was arrested in Fort Wayne, Ind., where he and his wife and child were visiting his brother. In a case that Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said Monday could have national and possibly international implications, Chaudhry--a Pakistani national-- is to be extradited here to face charges of extortion, child sexually abusive activity, and use of a computer to commit a crime, all felonies punishable by up to 20 years in prison. He will also face charges of communicating with another to commit a crime, a felony that carries a 15-year prison penalty.

"This is scary and disgusting on several levels," Bouchard said. "It underscores what we have been saying for some time: Parents have to know what their children are doing on the Internet and their children have to be comfortable enough with their parents to let them know of anything unusual that they encounter when going on the computer."

Bouchard said police know about dozens of other possible victims found on Chaudhry's computer.

"We think there are going to be a lot of victims across America and they've just scratched the surface."

Bouchard said the scheme involved computer transmissions made in Dubai and Germany and "literally there could be victims around the world."

Bouchard said in March, when the girl was 15 years old, she received an Automatic Instant Message over the computer by an unknown person -- "martinisback001" -- who informed her he had hacked into her computer and gained access to not only her personal files but also her parents' credit card information.

"He said he had done this as a hobby," Bouchard said

That man, believed to be Chaudhry, was transmitting e-mails from his home 7,000 miles away in Dubai, Bouchard said.

The man demanded the girl e-mail nude photographs of herself to him or he would ruin her credit and that of her family, according to investigators. After she sent the photographs, police say the man then demanded nude videos of her and threatened to send the nude photographs he already had to her friends and also post them on the Web.

The girl then complied with the second demand as well, investigators said. The man allegedly also said he wanted to meet her for sex and gave her a specific date and location for their meeting.

Members of the Oakland County Sheriff's Office Internet Crimes Unit posed as the girl online as he attempted to hack into her computer earlier this month. The computer probe led back to a Fort Wayne, Ind., address where the suspect was found with several relatives, including his wife, brother and sister-in-law, and several children.

During an interview with Fort Wayne police, authorities said the suspect admitted he had been communicating by computer with a 16-year-old Michigan girl who had supplied him with nude photographs and videos. He also admitted attempting to hack into the girl's computer but denied ever forcing her to take the photos or video, they said.

Bouchard said investigators are still going over Chaudhry's computer, seized in Indiana, and suspect he operated under several different "screen" names.

At one point Chaudhry allegedly instructed the girl to do specific things on the video and told the girl he intended to have sex with her at a hotel and was exploring several locations where the meeting would take place.

The girl told her family and the sheriff's office became involved last month, Bouchard said.

"This is how a blackmailer works," Bouchard said. "Once they get you on the hook they can easily move on to the next phase."

Anyone who may have been similarly contacted on the Internet is asked to call the Oakland County Sheriff's Office at (248) 858-4954.

Posted by: aggiegabe at August 26, 2006 11:37 AM

So now he gets a short vacation to plot and plan his future attacks on us. He gets 3 hots and a cot, and probably an al-manar feed. They should have sentenced him to life in another country without the possibility of parole. Right now, there are more of them out there plotting and planning. If I were in charge of protecting the USA I would look at our schools, but no, they are all chasing their tails over at the Airport. Deport them now.

Posted by: tgusa at August 26, 2006 11:44 AM

Deport them now.

Posted by: tgusa at August 26, 2006 11:44 AM

.. and recover the cost of deportation from those who invited him, failing which, deportation for the sponsors too.

Posted by: Alert at August 26, 2006 12:09 PM

This story demonstrates why I've started to argue that Muslims in general, including converts, have to be barred from certain professions, including not only teaching (a position in which a jihadist could attempt to influence - i.e. brainwash - children), but also the police and security establishments, or their service at least downgraded to positions where they can not threaten the public interest, including security. This idea is not one that comes easily to me but I'm more and more convinced such things are necesary. When governments in the West finally "get it" and start to implement these policies (hopefully it doesn't take a scandal in the public schools -like the Canadian teacher convicted in the 1980s of hate crimes for indoctrinating his students with anti-Semitic propaganda - or something worse - a terrorist bombing of a bus or shopping mall - to get this across), they've got to be prepared to defend them energetically by lobbying those in the Muslim communities here heavily to realize that this is necesary for their own protection as well as that of the rest of us. And if they don't like it - they can pack up their marbles and leave for places more to their liking.

In the head on clash that has to eventually come between the West and the Islamic world, everybody, including "moderate Muslims" have to accept that sacrifices, including reasonable curtailment of rights and liberties that could otherwise usually be granted, are necesary to win. We HAVE to win this struggle and these measures are an inevitably necesary part of the strategy for winning it.

Beyond that, stop ALL Islamic immigration into the West and insist on total assimilation for those already here (those tents and head coverings so many Muslim women wear have got to be banned because they could be used for concealment of weapons or explosives, and they hide identifying features such as length, style and colour of hair, and they have to pledge their loyalty, renouncing any loyalty to laws - "shari'a" - other than those of their adopted countries) and deportation of the ones who appear convincingly threatening or who show signs of resisting assimilation, or having attitudes unfriendly to Western socities and their lifestyles.

Posted by: templar at August 26, 2006 3:16 PM

CLARIFICATION:

For the record, the Canadian teacher I referred to in my last post was NOT a Muslim.

Posted by: templar at August 26, 2006 3:28 PM

global Pakistan connection:

The timeline link demonstrates how Pakistan ISI was aware of the pending WTC attack, even had representatives at the Pentagon during the attack. The old BCCI network also played a role in smoothing out the international arrangements. Previously uncooperative Pakistan finally chose to agree with Washington’s demands, post 911, after Washington threatened to bomb Pakistan back into the Stone Age. India and Israel were going to capture the Pakistan nuclear program before the rest of technology found its way in the hands of Al-Qaeda and Taliban jihad.

http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=complete_911_timeline&geopolitics_and_9/11=isi

Posted by: SFOD at August 26, 2006 9:38 PM