Crime & Safety
Blackmailer Arrested For Extorting $22K From Victim: Police
The Poughkeepsie man claimed images exchanged online were of a child and threatened to report the victim unless he paid him, police said.
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY — An elaborate extortion scheme backfired, according to police.
New York State Police say that on Dec. 4, troopers arrested a Poughkeepsie man for extorting around $22,000 in cash from a local resident.
Investigators said 25-year-old Ian D. Buckley Jr., of Poughkeepsie, used an alias to have an online conversation with the victim, in which the two exchanged explicit images before meeting in person.
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Buckley then told the victim that he was the father of the alias previously used and the images he sent were that of a young teenager, according to police. He then threatened to report the victim for possession of child pornography unless he paid Buckley in cash, investigators said.
Buckley was arrested for felony third degree grand larceny, felony fourth degree grand larceny by extortion, misdemeanor third degree forgery, and misdemeanor second degree criminal impersonation.
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He was arraigned before the town of Milan Court and released on his own recognizance. Buckley was scheduled to appear before the town of Hyde Park Court on Tuesday.
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