- Man pleaded guilty to threatening to leak nude photos of more than 30 women
- Joseph Iorio, 21, blackmailed these women saying he would post the ‘revenge porn’ photos unless they provided him with even more explicit shots
- Police said Iorio’s actions are similar to ‘a modern form of sexual torture’
- If convicted, Iorio faces five years in prison authorities revealed
Joseph Iorio, 21, from New York, pleaded guilty last week to threatening to leak racy, nude photos of more than 30 women
A man from New York pleaded guilty last week to threatening to leak racy, nude photos of more than 30 women.
Joseph Iorio, 21, blackmailed these women saying he would post the ‘revenge porn’ photos unless they provided him with even more explicit shots, the New York Post reported.
He was arrested last July on charges relating to the alleged ‘sextortion’ scheme.
Prosecutors say Iorio was in charge of a website’s chat room, which featured explicit photos of women that had been submitted by men and boys.
He would not allow clients to view the raciest photos and videos until they released the names and contact information for the women in the photos.
Once he obtained the information Iorio would then get in touch with the women and threaten to share their photos unless they provided him with more lewd shots.
Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini said in a statement on Friday: ‘We can only imagine the type of fear, isolation and desperation that these women must feel when they receive a message showing that someone they don’t know has an image of them naked or performing a sex act.’
He likened Iorio’s actions to ‘a modern form of sexual torture.’
Police first heard about the supposed scheme in July 2017.
If convicted, Iorio faces five years in prison, Sini said. His sentencing is scheduled for May 2.
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