Revenge porn operator (Hunter Moore) agrees to plea to criminal charges in Los Angeles

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Revenge porn operator agrees to plea to criminal charges in Los Angeles

Thu Feb 19, 2015 3:07pm EST

(Refiles story dated February 18, correcting first name of defendant to Hunter instead of Michael in second paragraph)

By Alex Dobuzinskis

(Reuters) - A man who posted explicit photos of women on his so-called revenge porn website, some taken from hacked email accounts, has agreed to plead guilty in Los Angeles to hacking and identity theft charges, prosecutors said on Wednesday.

The plea agreement between Hunter Moore, 28, and federal prosecutors comes nearly three years after BBC News called him "The net's most hated man" and reported that he was known to post the full name and location of people whose naked photos he featured on his site.

Revenge porn, which involves posting online photos of women or men without their consent, typically by jilted ex-lovers, has drawn the attention of lawmakers in several states who have approved legislation intended to stop the practice.

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Moore, like other revenge porn entrepreneurs, posted nude photos of women and a few men submitted by former lovers, but went further by paying a hacker to illegally access email accounts to obtain more nude photos for the site.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/19/us-usa-revengeporn-california-idUSKBN0LN04220150219

[A HERETIC I AM]

1. One down.....

Several thousand assholes to go.

[In_The_Wind]

2. Indeed

[Calista241]

3. Questions about this...

Was the posting of revenge porn a legal activity before the passage of these laws?

And the article reads like he was convicted of hacking rather than actually posting unapproved porn. Is this actually the case?

[A HERETIC I AM]

4. He plead to hacking and identity theft

A resident of Woodland in Northern California, Moore has agreed to plead guilty to federal computer hacking and identity theft charges and faces two to seven years in prison at sentencing, according to the plea deal filed in federal court in Los Angeles.

Further down;

In another prosecution of a revenge porn operator, Kevin Boellart of San Diego was convicted earlier this month of state charges of identity theft and extortion. He faces up to 20 years in prison.

In 2013, California Governor Jerry Brown signed the first law in the nation specifically targeting revenge porn. New Jersey has an older law that allows prosecution of revenge porn, but it was passed as a far-reaching cyber-bullying statute.

It wasn't specifically illegal, but the activities they undertook in acquiring the photos were illegal.