New York Man Sentenced for Cyberstalking

BANGOR, Maine: An Oakland Gardens, New York, man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Bangor for cyberstalking. 

U.S. District Judge Stacey D. Neumann sentenced Dabin Jeon, 31, to 30 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay $40,181.72 in restitution to the victim. Jeon pleaded guilty on September 9, 2025.

According to court records, Jeon met the victim online in 2019 and the two began a relationship when they both lived in New York. At Jeon’s request, the victim began providing him with financial assistance until she moved back to Maine and told him she could no longer afford to give him money. In response, Jeon threatened to rape the victim’s mother, send explicit pictures he took of the victim to her employer, friends, and family, and harm her grandparents. Based on these threats, the victim continued sending money to Jeon. Jeon also demanded that the victim account for her whereabouts and gave her tasks to complete. 

In December 2022, several of the victim’s friends and family received text messages containing clothed and unclothed pictures of her. The person sending the messages claimed to be the victim and offered approximately six other phone numbers with the opportunity to support her alleged OnlyFans account. Agents reviewed records provided by the service providers associated with the phone numbers and traced most of the numbers back to accounts opened by Jeon. 

“Dabin Jeon was strategic in his cyber torment of his victim and her family. His targeted bullying was intended to inflict significant emotional harm and the fear of physical violence, and it did exactly that,” said Ted E. Docks, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Boston Division. “We commend this young woman’s courage in coming forward because Mr. Jeon’s behavior very well could have escalated. Sending threatening communications is a crime, which is why the FBI takes threats like these so seriously.”

“Online predators and stalkers believe their illegal and abusive behavior will be anonymized through the internet,” said U.S. Attorney Andrew Benson. “This federal prosecution and sentence demonstrate, however, that through the diligent work of the FBI and our other law enforcement partners, those who seek to injure, harass or intimidate others online will be held accountable for their actions and their victims will receive a measure of justice.”

The FBI investigated the case.

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