TOKYO — Police on Thursday said they have arrested a 14-year-old girl and three friends for blackmailing a classmate at school in January. Police said the girl allegedly threatened a classmate with a lighter at school unless he paid her 3,000 yen.

According to police, the boy started exchanging emails with her, not knowing they were classmates after he found her email address in a CC email message from a mutual friend. When the girl sent him pictures of other girls, the boy sent her photos of himself naked.

The girl, who is a member of a gang, then enlisted the help of three girlfriends and they started blackmailing the boy, saying they would circulate the photos unless he paid up.

The information on this website concerns a matter of public interest, and is provided for educational and informational purposes only in order to raise public awareness of issues concerning left-behind parents. Unless otherwise indicated, the writers and translators of this website are not lawyers nor professional translators, so be sure to confirm anything important with your own lawyer.
Last modified: March 06, 2008	Copyright © 2003-2006	Contact us
URL of this page is http://www.crnjapan.com//abuse/aarticles/2008/en/20080306-girls_held_blackmail_tokyo.html