Paul Ryan Intern Accused, Charged by FBI for Cyber Stalking 15 Women
A former intern for the Paul Ryan campaign has been arrested and charged with extorting and cyber stalking 15 women.
Adam Savader, 21, a former intern for both Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney, was arrested in in Great Neck, L.I., Tuesday by FBI agents. Savader has been charged with cyber-stalking and blackmailing at least 15 young women, according to authorities.
A SUNY Farmingdale student studying Political Science, Savader allegedly sent a text via Google voice to several women, stating that he had nude photos of them, a 2012 affidavit obtained by The Blaze read. Savader then threatened to make those photos public unless the women agreed to provide additional nude photos of themselves.
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One of the women, from Michigan, reported the text to the Ann Arbor Police Department; the department proceeded by informing the FBI. The woman claimed that the photo was obtained illegally from her e-mail address. The FBI eventually located a total of 15 victims from Detroit, Washington, D.C., and Long Island, New York.
One woman claimed that she would receive up to eight threatening text messages on a given day, according to the Daily News.
One threat, written in an October text and obtained by the Daily News read: "Do it from ur phone RIGHT NOW! I swear to God don't be stupid. U don't want every1 including your parents seeing your t*** (and) a**."
"WAIT!" Savader wrote in a second text obtained by Politico. "Listen to me. If we don't have a deal I will send the pictures to those people. Is that what u want? remember what's at stake. do u want ur family and everyone in DC to see your t***? Just agree to e-mail me a pic of you in a bra."
The messages were sent between late September 2012 and April 1, 2013; at least three of the victims have not been identified.
"I've known Adam his entire life and he has never behaved in a way that would lead me to believe these allegations are true," Michael Shoshnick, Savader's lawyer, told the Daily News.
