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…