Pakistan cyber-stalker jailed for twenty-years

    A man who blackmailed medical staff in Pakistan on social media has been jailed for 24 years.

    Abdul Wahab, from Punjab's Layyah district, was arrested in 2015 after it emerged he harassed and blackmailed nearly 200 women, including doctors and nurses of hospitals in Lahore.

    It is understood Wahab hacked Whatsapp accounts and extorted money from the users by threatening them with "objectionable video clips and photos".

    He was also ordered to pay a fine of 0.7 million rupees.

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