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Alexander McCartney has been sentenced to prison in the "U.K.'s largest catfishing case" after being accused of preying on thousands of victims online.
Alexander McCartney was handed a life sentence for his offending, described in court as on an ‘industrial scale’. ... One of the world’s most prolific catfish bowed his head in the dock of a ...
Alexander McCartney of Newry posed as a young girl to contact youngsters before abusing and blackmailing them. Online catfishing abuser believed to have targeted 3,500 victims across world Skip to ...
25 October – Alexander McCartney, 26, who organised one of the largest catfishing operations on the Internet, is sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 20 years. His crimes, which targeted around 3,500 children across 30 countries, are described by Mr Justice O'Hara as ones of "sadism and depravity" which "scarred" the childhoods ...
Catfishing refers to the creation of a fictitious online persona, or fake identity (typically on social networking platforms), with the intent of deception, [1] usually to mislead a victim into an online romantic relationship or to commit financial fraud. [2]
Alexander McCartney has been jailed for a minimum of 20 years after posing as a young girl to blackmail 70 children across the world Predator in ‘UK’s largest catfishing case’ drove 12-year ...
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Alexander McCartney pleaded guilty to manslaughter earlier this year and faces 185 other charges. Catfishing victim, 12, took own life over abuser's demands Skip to main content