Overview
- The Groningen court on Friday sentenced Mark S. to 10 years in prison plus TBS, a Dutch measure that enforces psychiatric treatment, for a long-running online sextortion scheme.
- Judges said he used fake social accounts to coerce 25 girls and women, many minors, to send sexual images and perform acts on camera.
- The term is shorter than the 12 years demanded because some counts were unproven or expired and treatment should start sooner.
- Police arrested him in 2024 after a Groningen report and seized four laptops and six phones with material linked to about 200 people.
- Police acknowledged that reports dating back to 2011 were missed or not linked and said they will tighten work on online sexual crimes.