Three men in Lancashire who tried to extort up to £40,000 from victims in a “callous” blackmail plot have been jailed.
Kamar Ilyas, 33, used a dating app to meet two married men while Aman Ullah Khan, 34, and Khalili Chaudry secretly filmed their sexual encounters.
The trio, from Lancashire, admitted demanding cash from victims who were told their wives would otherwise be shown the footage.
Ilyas was jailed for a total of six years and three months.
Khan was jailed for six years and Chaudry, 29, for five years and eight months.
Ilyas, who Lancashire Police said was a male escort in the scheme, met his first victim in a Manchester hotel in November 2020 while Khan secretly filmed.
The men then demanded between £20,000 and £25,000 from the victim, threatening to tell his wife if he did not pay up, the force said.
Ilyas and Khan also conspired to blackmail a second victim with Chaudhry.
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