Hacker faces 105 years inside after FBI 'sexploitation' arrest

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/30/fbi_arrest_sexploitation_hacker/

By Iain Thomson in San Francisco
The Register
30th January 2013

The FBI has announced the arrest of a 27-year-old man over charges that he 
hacked into the data of over 350 female victims and blackmailed them into 
providing him with nude photographs and video calls.

Karen "Gary" Kazaryan, 27, was arrested in Glendale, California on Tuesday 
after being indicted on 15 counts of computer intrusion and 15 counts of 
aggravated identity theft, and faces a possible 105 years in the Big House if 
convicted. Police found over 3,000 images of women he is claimed to have 
targeted on his computer.

According to the FBI – which dubbed the case one of "sextortion" – between 2009 
and 2010, Kazaryan hacked into women's computers and email accounts in search 
for images of the victim unclothed, as well as any passwords and details on 
their female friends. He would then contact these friends, pretending to be the 
victim, and persuade them to disrobe so he could take pictures of them.

The indictment also states that Kazaryan would use these pictures to blackmail 
some of his victims into providing more naked photographs or Skype video calls. 
It is claimed that in some cases he posted nude photographs on Facebook as 
punishment, after some women refused his demands.

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