Category: Cybercrime
Cameron Curry, Cyber Extortion, North Carolina 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 27-year-old Charlotte man, Cameron Curry, was behind a brazen cyber extortion scheme that targeted a DC-based international technology company. Between December 11, 2023, and January 24, 2024, Curry sent over 60 threatening emails to company employees and executives, demanding $2.5 million in cryptocurrency. The scheme was hatched after Curry learned…
Shaninth Michael Ray, Cyberstalking, Iowa 2023
⏱ 2 min read A chilling cyberstalking case has ended with a 10-year prison sentence for Shaninth Michael Ray, 38, of Chicago. Between April 2023 and October 2023, Ray terrorized an Iowa resident, threatening to kill them and their family members despite a no-contact order. The threats were made via phone, text, and video on…
Julianne Grace Willis, Cyberstalking, Missouri 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 26-year-old Missouri woman, Julianne Grace Willis, pleaded guilty to using the internet to stalk and terrorize a victim in Ulysses, Kansas, with threats of rape and murder. The harassment began in October 2022, when Willis sent demeaning messages to a minor relative of the victim on a Roblox account, pretending…
Justin Glauthier, Stalking, California 2025
⏱ 2 min read A California man has been sentenced for a disturbing campaign of stalking and harassment targeting women in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and other states. Justin Glauthier, 31, of Anaheim, made hundreds of obscene and threatening phone calls to at least nine victims, using false names and hiding his identity. The calls, which…
Jack Daniel Rowlett, Cyberstalking, Oregon 2024
⏱ 2 min read A corrections officer in Oregon has been charged with cyberstalking his ex-girlfriend from January 2024 to October 2024. Jack Daniel Rowlett, 46, allegedly created fake social media profiles on Facebook, posing as other men, and posted offensive and degrading claims about the victim, including false claims about her sexual history. The…
Kyle Svara, Wire Fraud, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 4 min read Kyle Svara, a 27-year-old Illinois man, was sentenced to 76 months in prison for hacking into the Snapchat accounts of over 750 women, stealing their nude photos, and possessing child sexual abuse material. The crimes took place from May 2020 to February 2021, with Svara using social engineering tactics to collect…
Afeez Olatunji Adewale, Sexual Extortion, Pennsylvania 2026
⏱ 2 min read Afeez Olatunji Adewale, a 27-year-old Nigerian man, was sentenced to 60 months in prison for his role in a money laundering conspiracy and wire fraud scheme that involved the sexual extortion of a young man in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The scheme ultimately led to the victim’s death. Adewale was…
Mario Jerome Bentley, Cyberstalking and Ammunition Possession, Florida 2023
⏱ 3 min read Mario Jerome Bentley, a 44-year-old Jacksonville man, waged a campaign of harassment and intimidation against two former Assistant United States Attorneys, flooding one of their direct lines with hundreds of calls and leaving threatening voicemails starting in April 2023. In September of the same year, law enforcement searched his home, uncovering…
Angelo Martino, Ransomware Conspiracy, Florida 2023
⏱ 2 min read Angelo Martino, a 41-year-old ransomware negotiator from Land O’Lakes, Florida, was sentenced to 70 months in prison for conspiring with Blackcat/ALPHV actors to extort multiple US victims. Martino, who was hired to help victims negotiate with ransomware gangs, instead betrayed their trust by feeding their confidential negotiating positions to the gangs,…
Angelo Martino, Ransomware Extortion, Florida 2026
Land O’Lakes, FL – In a shocking betrayal, 41-year-old Angelo Martino, a former ransomware negotiator, has been sentenced to 70 months in prison for conspiring with notorious Blackcat/ALPHV (BlackCat) actors to extort multiple victims in 2023. Martino’s crimes left a trail of devastation, with victims sharing heartbreaking accounts of how their businesses were nearly destroyed.…
