Ben Wason

Practical Law II
Mr. Grimes
3/23/14
Recently, in Soutern !ali"ornia, a com#uter science stu$ent was sentence$ to 1% monts in
"e$eral #rison "or ac&in' into te we(cams o" se)eral youn' women in an attem#t to e*tort nu$e
#oto'ra#s an$ )i$eos. +e con)icte$ man, 1, year ol$ -are$ -ames .(raams, #lea$e$ 'uilty to
tree counts o" e*tortion an$ one count o" unautori/e$ access o" a com#uter. 0*tortion, wic is
te #ractice o" o(tainin' sometin' trou' "orce or treats, was co)ere$ e*tensi)ely in ca#ter
ten. !y(ercrime is anoter section o" tis ca#ter tat is rele)ant in tis case.
!assi$y Wol", 1, year ol$ winner o" te Miss +een 1.S... crown last .u'ust, was name$ in
te criminal com#laint as one o" se)eral )ictims. Wol" contacte$ autorities a"ter recei)in' an
anonymous email $eman$in' nu$e #oto'ra#s or )i$eos. +e sen$er o" te email claime$ to a)e
stolen ima'es "rom te camera on Wol"2s ome com#uter, an$ treatene$ to release tem to te
#u(lic i" teir $eman$s were not met. In)esti'ation le$ to te rai$in' o" -are$ .(raams ome,
were te 3BI sei/e$ com#uters an$ ar$ware, cell#ones, an$ ac&in' so"tware. .(raams a$
(een usin' malicious so"tware to $is'uise is i$entity in or$er to ca#ture nu$e #oto'ra#s o" te
)ictims trou' remote o#eration o" cameras on teir ome com#uters. .(raams alle'e$ly
treatene$ to ma&e te ima'es #u(lic unless te )ictims a'ree$ to one o" tree $eman$s4 sen$ nu$e
#otos, sen$ a nu$e )i$eo, or lo' onto S&y#e an$ $o wat e sai$ "or "i)e minutes.
Wol" as state$ tat se #lans to use er "ame to raise awareness o" cy(ercrime.