LOS ANGELES—A downtown Los Angeles man was charged Feb. 23 in a federal grand jury indictment for allegedly defrauding female social media influencers by hijacking their Instagram accounts to obtain money and engage in sexually explicit video chats.
Amir Hossein Golshan, 24, is charged with two counts of wire fraud and one count each of unauthorized access to a protected computer to obtain information, accessing a computer to defraud and obtain value, aggravated identity theft, and threatening to damage a protected computer, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
