Man jailed for sex video extortion

A man, 29, has been sentenced to two years in prison for secretly filming a video of him having sex with a married woman and extorting money from her. Yonhap

By Jung Min-ho

A man, 29, has been put behind bars for secretly filming himself having sex with a married woman and extorting money from her.

The Ulsan District Court sentenced the man, whose identity is being withheld, to two years in prison Thursday for filming a sex video without consent and extorting 16 million won ($14,000) from the woman after threatening to leak the video to her family.

The two began a relationship through a chat app in November 2017. After a year, they met at a motel in Ulsan and had sex, which the man filmed without her knowledge. He also discovered her family members' phone numbers after searching her phone.

Three days later, he blackmailed her with the video, saying he would show it to her husband and other family members if she refused to give him 10 million won. He received the money, but he did not stop blackmailing her, extorting an extra 6 million won.