Sextortion Scheme Tragedy: South Carolina Man Faces Charges After Victim’s Death
A guy from South Carolina who reportedly purported to be a teenage girl online has been prosecuted in a sextortion case because, according to the prosecution, his victim in Michigan took her own life as a result of the harassment he sent her.
He is accused of engaging in attempted extortion, stalking, and five counts of wire fraud, according to the seven-count indictment that was filed against Glenn Daeward Boyd, who is 35 years old.
On August 2 of the previous year, Boyd and a guy from Kent County allegedly met through the dating website Plenty of Fish, as stated in the original indictment.
When Boyd was speaking with the victim from Michigan, he allegedly posed “Jad” as an 18-year-old girl. The prosecution claims that Boyd operated a Plenty of Fish profile under the username “JadWetWet06.”
Boyd is said to have conveyed to the Michigan guy, shortly after sharing the image, that the girl was only 15 years old, all the while keeping the Jad character. After that, Boyd pretended to be the supposed grandparents of the fictitious adolescent and threatened to reveal the Michigan man’s status as a pedophile to his family, friends, and the authorities if he did not send him money.
According to the allegations, Boyd made a post on the Facebook accounts of the victim’s friends and family members on August 4, stating that the Kent County man was a pedophile.
It was on the same day that the victim from Michigan took his own life.
Mark Totten, the United States Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, stated that there has been a remarkable increase in the frequency of extortion crimes that result in the death of the victim.
The statement was made by Totten, who stated, “I strongly urge everyone who carries a device or is active online to remain aware that criminals constantly troll the internet and social media, to not assume that people are who they say they are, and to know that law enforcement is eager and ready to help if you make a mistake.”