A New York woman allegedly spent months harassing the CEO of a publicly traded company, threatening to release his 'sexually explicit photos' if he didn't pay up.
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According to court documents, when Blackwood was arrested on Wednesday, authorities executed a search warrant at her home in the Bronx that she shared with her mother, her brother, and her daughter. There, they found six different ID cards.
In a filing requesting Blackwood’s detention ahead of her trial, the government said her scheme showed “sophistication and technical acumen,” as well as an ease in adopting different identities, skills the government argued she could use to flee the charges. Authorities also say Blackwood has no history of legal employment — although she told Pre-Trial Services she has $7,000 in savings — and lacks legal immigration status, having arrived in the U.S. from Jamaica in 2002 on a tourist visa.
Court documents allege Blackwood attempted to extort “numerous other potential victims — all wealthy and high profile men,” although it is unclear exactly how many beyond the one CEO. Authorities seem to believe there are more that they don’t know about. In a statement, Michael J. Driscoll, assistant director of the FBI’s New York field office, made a plea for more victims to come forward.
Blackwood is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. A lawyer for her has not yet made an appearance.
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