Chef tried to extort $50k in revenge porn case

A Dundee chef who tried to force a Middle Eastern general to pay him $50,000 to stop posting revenge porn now faces a lengthy prison term.

Karivan Mizuri was found guilty by a jury of trying to extort the money from the army officer to stop him posting more pictures of his daughter on the internet.

Mizuri was also found guilty of trying to extort a further £8,000 from a mechanic amid threats to post fake naked images of his family members on social media.

As the verdicts were returned at Dundee Sheriff Court and Mizuri was remanded in custody for reports, he launched a tirade of abuse at Sheriff Lorna Drummond QC.

He said: “You found me guilty for something I’ve never done. It never happened.

“My family has a takeaway and I live in a semi-detached villa. I don’t need the money.”

Sheriff Drummond told him: “You have been found guilty by unanimous verdicts of this jury on two charges and you pled guilty to two further charges.

“You can expect a significant custodial sentence.”

The jury had heard how 30-year-old Mizuri had posted sexual pictures of a woman online from his home in Dundee and then threatened to post more.

He then targeted the woman’s father – an Iraqibased military officer – and demanded $50,000 to prevent him continuing.

Mizuri, from Dundee, was found guilty of trying to extort the money from the officer between September 18 and December 31 2019.

Mizuri was also found guilty of trying to extort £8,000 from a second man at his workplace in Dundee.

He also admitted acting in a threatening or abusive manner between 2019 and February last year by uploading images of the woman, along with pictures of her home and personal details about her.

Sentence was deferred for the Crown to prepare a narrative on the charges he pled guilty to, and for consideration of a non-harassment order.