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US man accused of coercing women online to go nude

By Korea Herald
Published : Jan. 30, 2013 - 16:52
 A man‘s unusually complicated hunt for nudity on the Internet may land him in prison for more than 100 years after federal prosecutors say he hacked into hundreds of social media and email accounts to coerce more than 350 women into showing him their naked bodies.

Karen ``Gary’‘ Kazaryan, 27, of Glendale, was arrested Tuesday after he was named in an indictment Friday alleging 15 counts of computer intrusion and 15 counts of aggravated identity theft, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Tracy L. Wilkison.

Prosecutors accuse Kazaryan of hacking into the women’s accounts and searching Facebook messages, emails and other files for nude or semi-nude pictures of them.

He then posed as a friend, persuading them to strip while he watched via Skype, captured images of them, or both.

When the women discovered that Kazaryan was posing as a friend, he often blackmailed them with the nude photos he had fraudulently obtained to coerce more stripping, prosecutors said. In some cases, he‘s accused of posting the nude photos to the victims’ Facebook pages.

About 3,000 pictures of nude and semi-nude women were found on Kazaryan‘s computer, authorities said.

FBI investigators estimate Kazaryan had more than 350 victims, but all of the women have not yet been identified. Authorities are asking people who believe they may have been a victim to contact FBI offices in Los Angeles.

Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office, said most of the victims were local.

Kazaryan faces up to 105 years in prison if he‘s convicted on all counts. An after-hours call to his lawyer, Stephen Demik, was not immediately returned. (AP)





“헉, 내 알몸사진이 갑자기 인터넷에?”


350여명의 여성의 SNS와 메일 계정을 헤킹하여 나체사진을 강제로 요구한 남성에게 징역 100년 형이 내려질 위기에 처했다.

카자르얀(28)은 여성들의 페이스북 메시지, 메일 등을 검색해 나체 및 반나체 사진을 수집한 혐의로 화요일 구속됐다.

여성들에게 친구로 접근한 뒤 스카이프 영상대화를 통해 나체를 보여줄것을 요구하였고 화면을 캡쳐 한 것으로 드러났다. 여성들이 카자르얀의 정체를 의심하기 시작하면 나체 사진을 도로 메일로 전송하는 등 협박을 마다하지 않은 것으로 나타났다. 어떠한 경우에는 피해자들의 페이스북 담벼락에 사진을 올린 것으로 확인됐다.

경찰 당국은 약 3000여장의 나체 및 반나체 여성 사진을 카자르얀의 컴퓨터에서 발견했다.

FBI요원들은 350여명 이상이 되는 피해자가 있을 것으로 추측하고 있어 피해자로 짐작가는 여성들을 대상을 조사를 하고 있다고 밝혔다.

미국 연방 지방 검찰청장 대변인 솜 므로젝은 대부분의 피해자 여성들은 동네 사람들이라고 말했다.

카자르얀이 모든 혐의를 인정받는다면 최대 105년 이상의 징역 형을 받을 예정이다. (코리아헤럴드)


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