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Now, the 24-year-old Zain Qaiser, that travelled by K!NG online, was sentenced to more than six years in jail, and we’re getting a much better picture of exactly what the National Crime Agency is calling“one of the very sophisticated, organized and serious cyber crime classes” it’s ever seen.
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For many years a teenager living just outside London helped run an elaborate blackmail operation that bilked honest porn-site visitors from the hard-won money — he proceeded to discount drugs, luxury hotels, gambling, sex workers, and at least one fancy £5,000 Rolex watch.