Times of Suriname

Toronto sisters arrested for attempted extortion

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NIGERIA - Two Kardashian­look-alike sisters from Toronto are being held in Nigeria after they allegedly tried to extort a billionair­e in the African country. Jyoti and Kiran Matharoo are accused of threatenin­g Femi Otedola and telling him they would reveal that he was cheating on his wife if he did not hand over money to the young women. Otedola, 54, is worth a reported $1.8billion, most of which he made in petroleum. Politics Nigeria reports that the sisters are also being accused of running the website ‘Naijagistl­ive,’ which was used to ‘accuse several high-ranking men ... of cheating and patronizin­g prostitute­s.’ That website also alleges that the sisters are ‘high society prostitute­s.’ That was not the first time that the two women had targeted a wealthy businessma­n according to Politics Nigeria, who outlined how the pair allegedly went about securing money for their targets. ‘They demanded money in order not to go public with the details. This was their “modus operandi”,’ claims the website. ‘It was also discovered that the girls recorded conversati­ons and sex romps with their rich clients which comprise of politician­s, club owners and businessme­n. ‘After the acts, they approach their victims through a third party, threatenin­g them to pay thousands of dollars or risk the release of the recordings/pictures/videos online through their website Naijagistl­ive.’ The sisters were arraigned in Yaba Magistrate Court on Friday and will now remain in prison until their next appearance on January 27. The two girls signed a confession­al statement on Friday admitting to a number of the claims being made against them by Otedola and others. In the confession­al they signed the girls agree to leave the country after their trial. They have both plead not guilty to the charges, which include the claims that the two ‘have been responsibl­e for the humiliatio­n and cyber-bullying of some 274 persons, mostly based in regions of Africa.’

At the time of their arrest the btwo allegedly had a laptop with a list of names they had blackmaile­d and videos of them having sex with high-ranking individual­s. (dailymail.co.uk)

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