Sextortion involving nude images and Skype videos strikes 350 women

The “sextortion,” as the FBI called the crime, involved hacking into women’s computers and email accounts in search of images of the victim unclothed, as well as any passwords and details on her 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. Police found over 3,000 images of women he is claimed to have targeted on his computer. "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.”