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A Glendale man faces more than two dozen charges in a so-called sextortion case after allegedly hacking into social media and email accounts of 350 women and extorting them into showing their naked pictures.
Karen "Gary" Kazaryan, 27, who was arrested without incident Tuesday airline ticket pricing best by agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, is charged in a federal grand jury indictment with 15 counts of computer intrusion and 15 counts of
The 30-count federal grand jury indictment alleges that the Glendale resident hacked into the victims' Facebook, Skype and email accounts, and changed the passwords, locking victims out of their own online accounts. He then allegedly searched emails or other files for naked or semi-naked pictures of the women, as well as other information, such as passwords and the names of their friends.
In all, authorities recovered about 3,000 pictures airline ticket pricing best of nude or semi-nude women including those allegedly taken by Kazaryan. Investigators estimate that Kazaryan airline ticket pricing best victimized more than 350 women, but have not yet identified all of the women whose accounts were hacked.
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