Couple accused of blackmailing swingers

EAST HAMPTON, N.Y., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- A Long Island, N.Y., couple is accused in an alleged extortion plot involving people who answered their ads on an adult Web site.

Nassau County police say Michael Largue and Shawn Payne are charged with grand larceny for allegedly advertising for sex partners on a "swingers" Web site, secretly videotaping the ensuing sexual episodes and then threatening to reveal the tapes to families unless they were paid, Newsday reported.

Police are seeking others who may have been victimized in the plot.