An Australian man has landed himself in jail for 20 months after impersonating a police officer and extorting money from a man he met on Grindr.
25-year-old Jayson Hastie lured an older man he met via the gay dating app using the alias “Alex.” Hastie sent a series of sexually explicit messages over a two week period to his victim before offering to meet him at a beach called Bass Point, about 70 miles south of Sydney. Hastie never showed up to their first scheduled meeting but convinced the victim to meet up again two days later. This time, Hastie came prepared.
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An accomplice initially greeted the victim before Hastie arrived and declared himself a police officer. He then forced the victim to withdraw AUS$2,000 (roughly $1,400 USD) from an ATM and to agree to weekly payments in order to keep the incident quiet. Hastie threatened to expose the man in public by leaking their chat messages and pictures. Hastie also threatened him with violence.
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Real police have not revealed the identity of the victim. They did, however, charge Jayson Hastie with kidnapping, demanding money with menace and impersonating a police officer. Courts dismissed the kidnapping charge as part of a plea deal. Hastie received 20 months in prison for his crime.
Juanjo
Blaming the victim. Wow, why am I not surprised?
Chrisk
I’ll bet the victim was a married guy who definitely wanted to keep his secret life on the down low. An out gay guy would just tell the scammer to f*ck off. Very easy to extort.
Also if the guy is way younger and attractive then you need to be extra cautious. I think it’s hilarious and pathetic that he used a pic of himself and a child to do something like this. Damn.
Catholicslutbox
That’s his Facebook picture, and not the one he probably used.
The child in the picture is actually his son. He’s most likely some straight bogan that heard (from other bogans) that you can make a quick buck by preying on “discreet” men on Grindr.
Bryguyf69
Actually, even “an out gay guy” may not want his “chat messages and pictures” exposed. If this was a blackmail scam from the start, Hastie would have gotten any victim — out or closeted — to send embarrassing photos and text. I don’t think that even an out gay guy would want his naked photos and sexual habits exposed publicly.
pharaon.em.joe
He will finally realize his ultimate fantasy of getting gangbanged in prison and used as a bitch. 🙂
QueerTN
Got that right!
Hdtex
Because RAPE is HILARIOUS!!!! Hardy-harrr-harrrrr
CarlIsle
Hdtex I know, right?!?
Whatever he did to land in the slammer, no one deserves to be raped. He may not even make it out of prison alive. Not funny.
M K
I’m still looking for the “hot” Australian guy.
Catholicslutbox
He’s cute but not “hot.”
His FB has things like, “Hate double standards, like of a girl goes and sleep with a load of guys shes considered a slut, but if i do it im considered as a homosexual” (sic), which helps up the cuteness.
Still pretty sure he’s straight though.
Wicked Dickie
Where is he hot? He looks like every other guy.
Lacuevaman
maybe he has a big fat uncut dick…. now that would be hot
scotshot
Have a couple of drinks first, then anyone looks hot.
Palindrome
It’s interesting to see that you can plea bargain in Australia, too.
Bryguyf69
“An accomplice initially greeted the victim before Hastie arrived…”
What did the accomplice have to do with this? What was his role?
batesmotel
(1) All this douchbeag got was 20 months? You’re usually let out in half that time if you’re behaved, so he’ll be out in less than a year and will be back to his old tricks again. He’ll have a hard time finding a job with this on his record.
(2) The victim didn’t find it at all questionable or strange that a police officer forced him to withdraw money from his account and give it to him? This isn’t Mexico. I have to question the naivety of the victim on all fronts. One of them for not dropping someone that flaked out on you the first time. The victim is way too gullible, easy, and trusting. Which made him get taken advantage so successfully.
Nikkib
Just to set the record straight.
The victim was a pedophile who prayed on underage kids via the grindr app.
This is not a gay hate crime like the fake news has made it out to be.
So thanks for all the wonderful comments and opinions of everyone there is always two sides to a story.
To the editor DON’T LET THE TRUTH GET IN THE WAY OF A GOOD STORY.