Ethan Mikeal Avalos charged in craigslist blackmail scheme

St. Louis man accused of Craigslist blackmail scheme:

You don’t hear a lot about blackmail these days outside of bad TV shows. It’s an underrated crime. It has such a cool name. Too bad it’s one of the more stupid crimes you could commit. It’s a 50/50 chance that the victim will just turn and go to the police.

For instance take 26-year-old Ethan Mikeal Avalos of St. Louis, MO. He’s accused of blackmailing a medical professional who had a few paid craigslist liaisons if you know what I mean.

The victim paid $3500 the first time and paid a total of $8K. That’s where the scheme usually goes wrong. Once you score and get away with it do not keep going back to the well because the victim will eventually either go broke or get sick of your ass. That’s when they usually go to police.

I’m not too broken up for the ‘victim’ in this case either. If you kept it zipped you wouldn’t have been in this kind of situation.

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