Puerto Rico ex-student faces prison in cyberstalking case
Posted October 13, 2022 7:00 am
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A former student at the University of Puerto Rico has been sentenced to more than a year in federal prison after authorities accused him of breaking into women's Snapchat accounts and sharing their nude images with others.
The U.S. Attorney's Office said Thursday that Iván Santell-Velázquez pleaded guilty to cyberstalking in July as part of a plea agreement. A judge on Wednesday ordered him to serve 13 months in prison and two years of supervised release.
Santell-Velázquez also was accused of breaking into multiple university email accounts and of targeting 15 women from 2019 to 2021.
Authorities said Santell-Vázquez sent the nude images to other people who then published them online.
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