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SoCal Teen Pleads Guilty in Miss Teen USA ‘sextortion’ Case

A Southern California teenager on Tuesday pleaded guilty to hacking the computers of Miss Teen USA Cassidy Wolf and other women, and secretly photographing them with their own webcams. Nineteen-year-old Jared James Abrahams of Temecula entered his in federal court in Orange County. Abrahams, a computer science student, now faces up to 11 years in […]

Arrest made in Miss Teen USA ‘Sextortion photos’ case

TEMECULA, Calif. — A college student was arrested Thursday for allegedly hijacking the webcams of young women — among them reigning Miss Teen USA Cassidy Wolf — taking nude images, then blackmailing his victims to send him more explicit material or else be exposed. Jared James Abrahams, a 19-year-old computer science student from Temecula, California, […]