Accused PC Consultant Pleads Not Guilty in Sextortion Case
A computer consultant from California has pleaded not guilty to charges that he engaged in sextortion by hacking into the computer of victims, using personal information to extort explicit videos.
Luis Mijangos of Santa Ana, Calif., entered his plea in a Los Angeles federal court earlier this week, an assistant U.S. attorney said. Mijangos is currently free on a $10,000 bail.
Court documents allege Mijangos used peer-to-peer file sharing networks to infect more than 100 users with malware which enabled him to take control of webcams and access videos and files stored on the computer. He would then contact the female victims, saying he would release the content unless the victims provided him with sexually explicit content.
The majority of victims were minors, according to media reports. Mijangos also is accused of using hijacked computers of teenage males to request sexually explicit videos and images from the victim’s girlfriends.
He also stands accused of using hacked information to engage in payment card fraud.
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