Sex Trade: $250000 escort sex-tape extortion scam fails
crime $250,000 escort sex-tape extortion scam fails An as yet unidentified "Silicon Valley businessman" just got away with hiring an escort off an also as yet unidentified "social networking service." Of course he's not the only one - we're just hearing ... news and weekly top stories via email 618 Subscribers Valleywag " next " sex trade, ... Craigslist cops bust up another sex-extortion scam Bedpost tags your headboard notches 1:00 PM on Tue Sep 2 2008 By Melissa Gira Grant 2,569 views Comment Is the domain name you want available? ... (Photo by elliottcable) Read More: 1 2 3 4 Online escorts want to launch your startup legally Is A Small World turning into a social network for sugar daddies? ... Politics Did Sarah Palin destroy Yahoo Mail evidence? Acqusiitions Why Apple's forcing Samsung to chase SanDisk rumormonger Top Yahoo brain snubs Facebook for Microsoft Breaking Microsoft announcement tomorrow: ... No more Seinfeld ads! meltdown 5 tech companies getting soaked by Wall Street's meltdown Kaj-Erik Relander Accel proves venture capital really is a criminal business More top stories " Valleywag search San Francisco, ... 2:12 AM Thu Sep 18 36 posts in the last 24 hours RSS Valleywag team Tip Your Editors: ... AIM Valleywag elsewhere on the Web: Twitter Facebook Managing Editor: ... Owen Thomas Email AIM Very Special Correspondent: Paul Boutin Email Associate Editors: ... Nicholas Carlson (New York) Email AIM Jackson West (San Francisco) ... Email AIM Reporter: Melissa Gira Grant Email Contributing Editor: ... Evelyn Nussenbaum Email AIM Valleywag Calendar: Adriana Nunez Email Intern: ... Alaska Miller Email Valleywags Emeriti: Nick Denton Nick Douglas Media Featured Firefox Extension Giz Explains Steve Dunleavy Rachel Zoe Washington Mutual rumormonger Matthew McConaughey Rant Bob Lutz Does Colbert Wii NSFW SUBSCRIBE TO Valleywag Breaking ... news and weekly top stories via email 618 Subscribers Valleywag " next " sex trade, ... crime $250,000 escort sex-tape extortion scam fails An as yet unidentified "Silicon Valley businessman" just got away with hiring an escort off an also as yet unidentified "social networking service." Of course he's not the only one - we're just hearing ... about him in the Chronicle, the Mercury News, and even the Palo Alto Daily, ... because his session, in a Palo Alto hotel room, was taped by a team of would-be extortionists. ... Last week, the Valley guy called the Los Altos police to his aid when "explicit images" from the tape turned up in his work email account, ... with the threat that unless he turned over $250,000, the tape would be leaked online. ... They'd recorded him on surveillance cameras without his knowledge. ... So how did he not only avoid going to jail for hiring a prostitute, ... but also keep the tape mum? The Los Altos cops did what they do best: ... an old-fashioned sting. The client turned up at a remote location suggested by cops to make the drop, ... and bargained down the hotel-room pornographers to $50,000. Officers arrested the alleged extorters as they drove away from the scene. ... The department had 15 officers working on the sting - and this isn't the only scam the ring pulled. ... Police are encouraging other clients to come forward. We'll repeat the cocktail-party line we keep hearing: ... "No one in the Valley hires prostitutes." If so, why are extortionists and vice cops doing such good business? ... (Photo by elliottcable) Read More: 1 2 3 4 Online escorts want to launch your startup legally Is A Small World turning into a social network for sugar daddies? ... Craigslist cops bust up another sex-extortion scam Bedpost tags your headboard notches 1:00 PM on Tue Sep 2 2008 By Melissa Gira Grant 2,569 views Comment Is the domain name you want available? ... Find out here! www.register.com SPONSORED LINKS Archives About Advertising Legal Help DeadspinMedia LifehackerFeatured Firefox Extension GizmodoGiz Explains GawkerSteve Dunleavy JezebelRachel Zoe ConsumeristWashington Mutual Valleywagrumormonger DefamerMatthew ...