Ex-state Rep. Ron Sandack raised a lot of questions when high profile social media user suddenly closed his Twitter account in July. He soon resigned citing that politics had gotten “too ugly.”

Finally on Friday, his constituents got the answers. Due to a police report and a statement from Sandack himself, the ex-Rep admitted he left office amid an extortion scam where he wired money internationally after engaging in “inappropriate online conversations” with a woman he met online.

“This past July, I was the target of an international crime ring focusing on high-profile individuals luring them to engage in inappropriate online conversations with the the intent of extortion,” Sandack said. “I too their bait and fell for it hook, line and sinker.”