The investigation has linked the suspect to over 50 other cases worldwide.
A Soweto man believed to be behind an international sextortion scheme is expected to appear in the Protea Glen Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.
Ifeel Simango, 30, faces charges of extortion and money laundering and is expected to apply for a formal bail application.
The spokesperson for the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (known as Hawks), Colonel Katlego Mogale, said Simango was arrested by members of the Serious Commercial Crime Investigation Unit on Wednesday, July 15, in Orlando West.
“Simango was arrested following an extensive investigation into a highly sophisticated international online extortion, sextortion and money laundering syndicate,” Mogale said.
