A man's unusually complicated hunt for nudityon the Internet may land him in prison for more than 100 years after federalprosecutors say he hacked into hundreds of social media and email accounts tocoerce more than 350 women into showing him their naked bodies.
Karen 'Gary' Kazaryan, 27, of Glendale, was arrested yesterdayafter he was named in an indictment on Friday alleging 15 counts of computerintrusion and 15 counts of aggravated identity theft, said Assistant USAttorney Tracy L. Wilkison.
Prosecutors accuse Kazaryan of hacking into the women'saccounts and searching Facebook messages, emails and other files for nude orsemi-nude pictures of them.
He then posed as a friend, persuading them to strip while hewatched via Skype, captured images of them, or both.
When the women discovered that Kazaryan was posing as afriend, he often blackmailed them with the nude photos he had fraudulentlyobtained to coerce more stripping, prosecutors said.
In some cases, he's accused of posting the nude photos tothe victims' Facebook pages. About 3,000 pictures of nude and semi-nude women were foundon Kazaryan's computer, authorities said.
FBI investigators estimate Kazaryan had more than 350victims, but all of the women have not yet been identified. Authorities are asking people who believe they may have beena victim to contact FBI offices in Los Angeles.
Kazaryan faces up to 105 years in prison if he'sconvicted on all counts.