<h1>Impersonation of police: ex-mayor targeted by digital coercion and extortion; complaint filed and investigation launched.</h1> Impersonation of police officers via digital communication led callers to threaten arrest, claim a link between the victim's identity document and a purported financial investigation, demand payment to 'dilute' the case, and instruct secrecy; the victim refused, filed a complaint, and police registered a case and opened an investigation into the alleged impersonation, extortion and misuse of identity credentials.