Harwinder Singh and Riya Riya have been arrested. (Photograph: X/ @PeelPolice) Two folks have been arrested in Brampton after police alleged {that a} sufferer was lured to a gathering organized on-line, threatened and compelled to switch C$6,000. Peel Regional Police recognized the suspects as Harwinder Singh, 35, and Riya Riya, 23, each from Canada’s Brampton.
Who’re the suspects?
Police allege the pair labored collectively, with Riya making first contact with the sufferer on-line utilizing the title Manisha Sharma. Investigators allege Singh later entered the condominium in the course of the organized assembly. Each suspects had been arrested on August 12.
Peel Police Search Further Victims in On-line Courting Extortion Investigation
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Singh faces prices of forcible confinement, theft, extortion and uttering threats, whereas Riya faces prices of forcible confinement, theft and extortion, police stated. Each stay in custody and are because of seem for bail hearings on the Ontario Court docket of Justice. The allegations haven’t been examined in courtroom.
How the rip-off unfolded
Police stated the investigation started in July, when the sufferer was contacted on a messaging app by somebody utilizing the title Manisha Sharma. The 2 agreed to satisfy in August. When the sufferer arrived at a basement condominium close to Torbram Street and Peter Robertson Boulevard in Brampton, police allege Singh entered the room, and the sufferer was threatened and compelled to switch C$6,000 by e-transfer.
Police imagine there are extra victims
Peel Regional Police stated investigators imagine there could also be further victims and urged anybody who skilled an analogous incident beneath the pretext of an informal date to come back ahead.
