One of the Owners of the now defunct damaging website, NaijaGistLive has reportedly been arrested in Italy

Jyoti and Kiran Matharoo were arrested by the Nigerian Police in 2016, and they admitted on camera to being the owners of the now defunct damaging website, NaijaGistLive. They apologized to petitioners they had written damaging stories or attempted to extort money from, saying the stories written on the site were sent in by close friends or associates of people written about.

According to the news site Politics Nigeria, sisters Jyoti and Kiran Matharoo are accused of trying to blackmail the billionaire by claiming they had evidence of businessman Femi Otedola cheating on his wife that they would post on a notorious sex-scandal website. Forbes magazine’s list of 2016 billionaires says Otedola made his money in the energy sector; it estimates his net worth at $1.8 billion.

Following a private investigation, the sisters were arrested, the publication said.

According to a court document dated Dec. 20 and posted to Nigeria Politics, the sisters stand accused of being “responsible” for the website NaijaGistLive and several other social media accounts on Instagram and Twitter used for “cyberbullying” around 274 people, “mostly based in various regions of Africa.”

A Toronto home address has been entered in the document for the sisters.

Combined, Jyoti and Kiran have nearly 50,000 followers on Instagram. Other local media supported the Politics Nigeria account of the sisters’ legal troubles.

After they were released and left Nigeria, the sisters denied they had hands in the site and said they made the confession under duress and alleged threat from the Nigerian police.

They've since gone on to live flashy lives, even travelling out to the US for parties. Kiran has now reportedly been arrested. Read Toronto Sun's report below.

"One of Toronto’s notorious Matharoo sisters was arrested on an international arrest warrant at an airport in Italy on Wednesday.

According to Italian newspaper Il Gazzettino, Kiran Matharoo was nabbed as she disembarked a flight at Venice’s Marco Polo Airport.

It’s believed the bust was related to alleged sex-tortion beefs against Kiran and her sister Jyoti in the Nigerian capital of Lagos.

The two selfie-loving socialites were frequent fliers on Instagram, posting their jet-setting antics in a variety of provocative poses.

The duo — who grew up in Rexdale and were well-known in the Toronto club scene — have been compared to TV’s notorious Kardashian sisters because of their raunchy antics and penchant for self-promotion."