LONDON: Faha Makhdum, Tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq's wife, has formally started criminal proceedings against the fake account holders who have been using a Facebok site to spread rumours about her alleged marriage difficulties with her Tennis star husband, Ais-ul-Haq Qureshi.
The News has learnt that Faha Makhdum has reported the fake Facebook account called 'Faha Akmal Makhdum-Official' to the British police. She visited the Suffolk Police headquarters with her father, Dr Akmal Makhmdum, to report her concerns to the cyber crimes unit of the local police. A Suffolk police spokesperson confirmed that a case has been registered and the police will investigate the matter.
The potential charges are identity theft, identity fraud, defamation, libel, spreading false and defaming news, misleading and insulting innocent and respectable individuals and defaming families. These are crimes under various British and cyber statutes.
A Faha Makhdum family source told The News on Saturday that Suffolk Police will investigate this matter and "perpetrators would be brought to justice, in either country through law enforcement cooperation".
Faha contacted the Suffolk Police after first launching legal action the social networking site facebook for failing to close the fake account. She has distanced herself from the said account and has said that this account was spreading "malicious and disrespectful rumours" about the celebrity couple. She had hired a solicitor to help her in her bid to close down the account.
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