Man charged in 'sextortion' case targeted 350 women, feds say

[Sherman A1]

A Glendale man faces more than two dozen charges in a so-called sextortion case after allegedly hacking into social media and email accounts of 350 women and extorting them into showing their naked pictures.

Karen “Gary” Kazaryan, 27, who was arrested without incident Tuesday by agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, is charged in a federal grand jury indictment with 15 counts of computer intrusion and 15 counts of aggravated identity theft, the U.S. attorney's office said Tuesday. He faces 105 years in federal prison if convicted on all counts.

The 30-count federal grand jury indictment alleges that the Glendale resident hacked into the victims’ Facebook, Skype and email accounts, and changed the passwords, locking victims out of their own online accounts. He then allegedly searched emails or other files for naked or semi-naked pictures of the women, as well as other information, such as passwords and the names of their friends.

Kazaryan then posed online as those women and sent instant messages to their friends, coaxing them into removing their clothing so that he could view and take pictures of them, according to the indictment.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2013/01/glendale-man-sextortion-case.html

[Control-Z]

1. Hacking = bad

Especially bad when it is to exploit women. But come on, 105 years? While the real live rapists go free or get a slap on the hand, or worse, collect fees for damages?

[Sherman A1]

2. One suspects that he will never

get 105 years, that might very well be the high end of the total that the charges could bring for the multiple counts.

[dkf]

3. I could put away this sicko for 150 years.

There is something very wrong with this person.

[Sherman A1]

4. Indeed

There is something very wrong about this person and thankfully he has been caught.