LOS ANGELES – Charles Evens, a 26-year-old man from Studio City, California, was sentenced to 25 months in federal prison for hacking into email accounts and obtaining nude photos that were later posted on a well-known ‘revenge porn’ website.
Evens pleaded guilty in July to one count of unauthorized access to a protected computer to obtain information for purposes of private financial gain and one count of aggravated identity theft. In sentencing Evens today, Judge Dolly M. Gee imposed a one-month sentence for the computer hacking count and a mandatory two-year term for the identity theft count.
Evens obtained nude pictures that were posted on the revenge porn website, http://isanyoneup.com. The operator of that website, Hunter Moore, 29, of Woodland, California, pleaded guilty in February to the same two offenses that Evens admitted to. Judge Gee is scheduled to sentence Moore on November 30.
On his website, Moore posted nude and sexually explicit photos that had been submitted without the permission of victims. To obtain more photos for the website, Evens gained unauthorized access – in other words, hacked into – Google e-mail accounts. Moore sent payments to Evens in exchange for nude photos unlawfully obtained from the victims’ accounts. Moore then posted the illegally obtained photos on his website without the victims’ consent. Evens admitted that he hacked into email accounts belonging to hundreds of victims.
The investigation in this case was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Charles Evens’s prison term will begin on January 29. In addition to the prison term, Judge Gee ordered the defendant to pay a $2,000 fine, to perform 20 hours of community service, and to pay $147.50 in restitution to one of the hacking victims.
Charles Evens, Defendant: Charles Evens
Criminal Charges: Unauthorized access to a protected computer to obtain information for purposes of private financial gain, Aggravated Identity Theft
City and State: Los Angeles, California
Exact Date: July 2022 (plea), January 2024 (sentencing)
Sentence or Outcome: 25 months in federal prison, $2,000 fine, 20 hours of community service, $147.50 in restitution
Dollar Amounts: $2,000 fine, $147.50 in restitution
Related Federal Cases
- Ivan Petrov, Computer Hacking, California 2022 · Illinois
- Unknown Hackers, Computer Hacking, California 2020 · California
- Billy Ribeiro Anderson, Hacking High-Profile Websites, California 2019 · Alabama
- Hunter Moore, Email Hacking, California 2014 · Illinois
- Ding Xiaoyang, Hacking, California 2018 · Illinois
Key Facts
- State: California
- Category: Cybercrime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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