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South Korean chat room operator gets 40 years for blackmail

by Hyung-Jin Kim
| November 25, 2020 8:33 PM

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The operator of an online chat room in South Korea was sentenced Thursday to 40 years in prison for blackmailing dozens of women, including minors, into filming sexually explicit video and selling them to others.

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