Online predator pleads guilty to hacking social media accounts and extorting hundreds of teens and young adults

ATLANTA - Jamarcus Mosley pled guilty this week to charges of computer fraud, extortion, and cyberstalking after tricking hundreds of young victims into giving him control to their social media accounts, accessing their private images and videos, and threatening to release those items if they did not comply with his demands, including sending him sexually explicit material.   

“Mosley is the dangerous online stranger who every parent fears,” said U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg. “By exploiting the trust of teens and young adults, Mosley hacked into their accounts to steal intimate and sexually suggestive images and extort them over a three-year period. This cruel, calculated scheme is the latest reminder that everyone must exercise great care with whom they interact online.”

“This case highlights the serious and devastating impact cyber exploitation can have on victims, especially young people,” said Kennesaw Police Chief Bill Westenberger. “Mosley deliberately manipulated and extorted individuals during what should have been one of the safest and most secure times of their lives. It is deeply disturbing that someone would believe they could carry out such calculated and predatory acts without consequence.”

According to U.S. Attorney Hertzberg, the charges, and other information presented in court: Between at least April 2022 and May 2025, Mosley devised a scheme to hijack Snapchat, Instagram, and other social media accounts belonging to hundreds of young victims, including accounts belonging to minors. Mosely used different methods to take over the victims’ accounts, including pretending to be friends with the victims. After gaining control over their accounts, he threatened to release victims’ nude images and videos, including sexually explicit images and videos, as well as lock victims out of their accounts if they did not provide him with complete access to their social media accounts, send him sexually explicit videos, or send him money.

For example, in April 2022, Mosley used Instagram to contact a 20-year-old woman residing in Kennesaw, Georgia (Victim-1), by using an account that purportedly belonged to a high school friend (Victim-2). Pretending to be Victim-2, Mosley asked Victim-1 for assistance in recovering their “his” Snapchat account, and Victim-1 provided a “recovery passcode” for her Snapchat account in response. Mosley used that information to take over the account and access Victim-1’s private nude images and videos. Mosley also sent a message to Victim-1 containing two nude images and a sexually explicit video of her and threatened that “I got 65 videos and [a] picture of you about to get posted.”

Mosley sometimes taunted victims about hacking their accounts. In December 2022, Mosley toyed with an 18-year-old Florida woman (Victim-3) asking “Should I post these?”, referring to nude images of her that he had stolen after hacking her Snapchat account. After Victim-3 failed to heed Mosley’s demands to send him more nude photos, he posted the stolen nude images of Victim-3 publicly.

In another instance, Mosely tricked a 17-year-old Illinois victim (Victim-4) into sharing her “My Eyes Only” passcode, which allowed Mosley to take full control of her Snapchat account. Mosley then demanded that Victim-4 create a new Snapchat account to chat with him, or he would post everything in Victim-4’s “My Eyes Only” folder. Although Victim-4 created the new account, Mosley was angry that she would not use it and continued to threaten her. Mosley continued to threaten Victim-4 and used her real Snapchat account to communicate with Victim-3’s 13-year-old sister, telling her he knew where she lived by sending an image of a Snapchat map with her location. 

Sentencing for Jamarcus Mosley, 22, of Mobile, Alabama, is scheduled for May 27, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. before U.S. District Judge Michael L. Brown.

This case is being investigated by the Kennesaw Police Department with valuable assistance from the United States Secret Service.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Alex R. Sistla is prosecuting the case.

For further information please contact the U.S. Attorney’s Public Affairs Office at USAGAN.PressEmails@usdoj.gov or (404) 581-6016. The Internet address for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia is http://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga.