PakNews: Depraved UK academic who blackmailed victims into sending abuse photos jailed for 32 years

Wednesday, 21 February 2018

Depraved UK academic who blackmailed victims into sending abuse photos jailed for 32 years

A British academic who blackmailed victims into sending him increasingly depraved images which he shared on dark web forums was jailed for 32 years on Monday after admitting 137 offences which included encouraging the rape of a four-year-old boy. Dr Matthew Falder, 29, a geophysicist employed as a researcher at Birmingham University in central England, duped victims by masquerading as a depressed female artist on forums and mainstream online advertising websites. Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA), said he approached more than 300 people worldwide, with 45 victims represented in the charges against him.