Special Investigation Service arrests two for disclosure of confidentiality of personal information

Georgia’s Special Investigation Service on Wednesday said it had arrested two individuals for disclosure of confidentiality of personal information in separate cases and recovered files containing personal information of victims.
 

The Service said it had arrested an individual who had illegally obtained intimate photos and videos of his friend's former partner, with the offender creating a fake social network page before communicating with the victim between January and February to make threats to release the material.
 

The body said the individual also used the material to force the victim to take and send further photos and videos, while also demanding her social media account password.
 

It added the offender also personally contacted the victim and requested a relationship, publicly posting the latter’s intimate videos on his fake social network page after refusal.
 

The victim addressed the Service for assistance, with the body adding its investigative actions had been carried out “in a short period of time” and led to the arrest of the alleged perpetrator and seizure of files containing personal information of the woman during a personal search.
 

The body said it had also arrested another individual for disclosure of confidentiality of personal information in a separate case, with the alleged offender having introduced herself, via a fake social network profile, as a man to her former husband's sister.
 

It said the offender gained the victim’s trust and received intimate photos and videos from her, before sending them to the victim’s relatives using social media “as a revenge”.
 

The Service added the crimes were punishable by imprisonment for seven years, with the investigation ongoing in both cases.