Sexual extortion

A U. of I. student reported that he exchanged private messages with an unknown person on WhatsApp. The conversation became sexual in nature, and the unknown person invited the student into a video chat to perform intimate acts. When the video chat ended, the unknown person instructed the student to send $1,000 under threat of sending the video to the student’s social media contacts and the university. The student ceased contact with the offender and contacted police.