An Oakland County judge has ordered a Macomb Township woman to prison for soliciting men online and blackmailing them into paying her thousands of dollars.
On July 14, Marina Bazzi, 27, was handed a sentence of 3 – 10 years incarceration for felony charges of extortion and using a computer to commit a crime, and a concurrent sentence of 48 days in jail for malicious use of service as well as a lesser charge of using a computer to commit a crime in connection with a case out of Berkley. Two of the victims are Berkley residents.
Bazzi pleaded no contest to the charges in May before Judge Jacob Cunningham
According to Berkley police, an investigation from April to October last year led to charges against Bazzi for allegedly using numerous adult websites to solicit illegal services and extort victims, demanding money through online payment platforms.
Court records show Bazzi’s criminal history in Oakland County includes a conviction for felony malicious destruction of property in Waterford, which she pleaded no contest to and was sentenced in 2023 to a day in jail and two years probation — then subsequently violated probation. She also has convictions for unarmed robbery, assaulting/resisting/obstructing police, unlawful use of self defense spray and minor in possession of alcohol from nearly a decade ago. She pleaded guilty to those charges in 2017.
More recently, Bazzi pleaded no contest in Troy’s 52-4 District Court to charges of stalking and malicious use of a telecommunications service, and pleaded guilty in Waterford’s 51st District Court to malicious use of telecommunications service. Those crimes are misdemeanors and she was sentenced to 180 days in jail and fined.
Bazzi also has criminal cases out of Macomb and Wayne counties.