Temecula man arrested for threatening women, including Miss Teen USA with "sextortion"

RIVERSIDE - A Temecula man who allegedly hacked into email, social networking and other Internet accounts belonging to women and girls -- including Miss Teen USA -- and threatened to distribute nude photos of the victims unless they complied with his demands was arrested today.

Jared James Abrahams, 19, surrendered to FBI agents in Orange following the unsealing of a federal criminal complaint charging him with extortion.

Abrahams made his initial court appearance this afternoon at the federal courthouse in Santa Ana. His bail was set at $50,000, and if released, he will be confined to his hom...