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New Hampshire Man Charged With 'Sextortion,' Hacking

Ryan J. Vallee, 21, of Franklin, New Hampshire, was charged with two counts of computer hacking to steal information, seven counts of computer hacking to extort, 10 counts of making interstate threats, and seven counts of aggravated identity theft, after…

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remotely hacking into the social media, email and online shopping accounts of about a dozen minor females and threatening to delete, deface and make purchases from the accounts unless the victims sent him sexually explicit photographs of themselves, a Justice Department news release said Thursday. Vallee allegedly distributed sexually explicit photographs of the girls and their friends, DOJ said.