Monday, June 6, 2011

Women unable to remove images from porn sites after hacker, 26, steals pictures from Facebook

Stolen: Timothy Noirjean, from Minnesota, would allegedly contact girls on Facebook online and dupe them into befriending him and providing him with their personal details and information (stock picture)

Stolen: Timothy Noirjean, from Minnesota, would allegedly contact girls on Facebook online and dupe them into befriending him and providing him with their personal details and information (stock picture)

A 26-year-old man has been charged with identity theft for allegedly hacking into Facebook accounts and stealing photos of women to post on adult websites.

Prosecutors allege that Timothy Noirjean, from Minnesota, would contact the victims online and dupe them into befriending him and providing him with their personal details and information.

It is claimed that Noirjean, who was confronted by police in the basement of his parents' home, would then reset passwords and pretend to be the account holder, contacting the person's friends in order to get more information.

He allegedly stole photographs of eight women and authorities said yesterday there's nothing they can do to get those photos taken down from sexually explicit websites.

According to reports the police found 235 other women's e-mail addresses and security information, as well as 92 folders full of women's names and photographs.

Prosecutors have charged the Woodbury man with 13 counts of identity theft.

It was not immediately clear whether Noirjean has enlisted the help of a lawyer and he was incommunicado when his home address was telephoned yesterday.

According to the criminal complaint, Noirjean confessed to conducting the scheme, though he indicated that he was unaware that what he was doing was wrong.

He is due to appear at Washington County Court next Tuesday.


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