Karen 'Gary' Kazaryan Used Facebook For Nude Photo 'Sextortion,' Feds Say

By Dennis Romero Tue., Jan. 29 2013 at 1:23 PM

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A Glendale man who allegedly obtained 3,000 nude and semi-nude photos of as many as 350 women was arrested today in what feds are calling online "sextortion."

Prosecutors in L.A. say Karen "Gary" Kazaryan hacked into victims' Facebook accounts, convinced them he was a female friend, persuaded them to pose semi-nude for him, then used the threat of making those photos public to get raunchier poses out of them:

A statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office in L.A. says the 27-year-old was charged in an indictment with ...

... 15 counts of computer intrusion and 15 counts of aggravated identity theft.

He was being arraigned in federal court today, according to prosecutors.

They say Kazaryan followed through on his threats when he didn't get what he wanted, posting nude and semi-nude photos of uncooperative victims on Facebook.

The suspect sometimes used Skype to get the victims to show him their breasts, feds said.

Here's the U.S. Attorney's summary of its allegations:

According to the indictment, Kazaryan gained unauthorized access to - in other words, hacked into - the victims' accounts, and changed the passwords, which locked victims out of their own online accounts. Once he controlled the accounts, Kazaryan searched emails or other files for naked or semi-naked pictures of the victims, as well as other information, such as passwords and the names of their friends. Using that information, Kazaryan posed online as women, sent instant messages to their friends, and persuaded the friends to remove their clothing so that he could view and take pictures of them.
When the victims discovered that they were not speaking with their friends, Kazaryan often extorted them again, using the photos he had fraudulently obtained to again coerce the victims to remove their clothing on camera.

If he's convicted on all counts, prosecutors say Kazaryan could face a whopping 105 years behind bars.

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extortion, Facebook, FBI, Glendale, sextortion

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AskQuestions

From UPI:

"Prosecutors said Kazaryan allegedly hacked into Facebook accounts to collect photos, passwords and names of friends from the women. Kazaryan is accused of using the information to send instant messages or emails to the victims and their friends demanding they expose themselves to him on Skype.

The defendant allegedly threatened to post nude photos of some victims on their Facebook pages if they refused to comply with his demands."

Much better journalism: now the story makes sense!

djromero moderator editortopcommenter

@AskQuestions If you see where I write "summary of its allegations" you pretty much get the info the UPI itself summarized. If you like their version of the press release better think that's "much better journalism" you need to check your head.

ssauls11

@djromero @AskQuestions

No, he's right, your article was pretty difficult to follow. Your comment was, too, incidentally.

AskQuestions

Kazaryan posed online as women, sent instant messages to their friends, and persuaded the friends to remove their clothing so that he could view and take pictures of them.

Huh? The guy is a prime POS, but I don't get why these women would pose for their friends in the first place! Did I miss something?