Desmond Babloo Singh, Cyberstalking and Aggravated Identity Theft, Maryland 2020

Baltimore, Maryland – A federal indictment charges 19-year-old Desmond Babloo Singh with cyberstalking and aggravated identity theft.

In a case that spanned over six years, Singh allegedly orchestrated a relentless cyberstalking campaign against two victims, Victim 1 and Victim 2. The indictment, announced by Acting United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Jonathan F. Lenzner; Special Agent in Charge James R. Mancuso of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Baltimore; and Chief Melissa R. Hyatt of the Baltimore County Police Department, alleges that Singh used more than 100 different social media, electronic communication, and phone accounts to send harassing communications, some of which included express or implied threats of death or bodily injury, sexualized violence, and racial slurs.

The indictment further alleges that Singh used images of Victim 1 in the harassing communications, in which he denigrated Victim 1’s appearance and character and encouraged others to harass Victim 1. Singh also posted identifying information of Victim 1, including her address, phone number, school, social media identities, birth date, and other identifying information.

According to court documents, Victim 1 pleaded with Singh and his immediate family members to cease the online harassment, but to no avail. Victim 1 told Singh that if he did not cease the harassment, she would seek a no-contact order. In response, Singh allegedly sent a text message to Victim 1 stating, “You think I’m kidding I’m genuinely never going to stop, its going to be really funny…”

On July 19, 2020, a harassing account, allegedly created by Singh, posted Victim 1’s parents’ Maryland address and stated there would be a party at that address the following day. On July 20, 2020, Victim 1’s parents’ address was the subject of a false bomb threat, which was reported anonymously to the Baltimore County Police. The following day, Singh allegedly texted Victim 1 from an anonymous phone number, writing “you’re getting swatted.”

As detailed in court documents, Singh’s alleged harassment campaigns also involved gaining unauthorized access to Victim 1’s social media accounts. Specifically, Singh is alleged to have gained unauthorized access to two such accounts. Singh used his unauthorized access to t

The indictment alleges that over the course of the next 10 months, Singh orchestrated and executed a relentless cyberstalking and harassment campaign against Victim 1 and Victim 2.

Desmond Babloo Singh, of New York, is charged with cyberstalking and aggravated identity theft. The case is pending.

According to the indictment, Singh began following Victim 1 on multiple social media platforms after Singh’s family moved from Maryland to Texas. Between approximately 2014 to February 14, 2020, Victim 1 and Singh exchanged limited communications online, but there was never a romantic relationship of any sort between Singh and Victim 1. Despite this, on Valentine’s Day 2020, Singh shared with Victim 1 a private social media post in which he professed his love for Victim 1.

The indictment was announced by Acting United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Jonathan F. Lenzner; Special Agent in Charge James R. Mancuso of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Baltimore; and Chief Melissa R. Hyatt of the Baltimore County Police Department.

HSI remains committed to protecting the public from cyberstalking and other online harassment, said Special Agent in Charge James R. Mancuso of Homeland Security Investigations Baltimore field office.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/new-york-man-facing-federal-indictment-maryland-cyberstalking-and-aggravated-identity