Tag: cyberstalking

Marine at Camp Pendleton Arrested on Federal Cyberstalking Charge

OCEANSIDE, Calif.—An active-duty Camp Pendleton Marine is facing a federal charge of cyberstalking young women with connections to his former hometown of Torrance as part of a “sextortion” campaign, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday. Johao Miguel Chavarri, 25, of Oceanside, was arrested on Feb. 8 and made his initial appearance Wednesday afternoon in Los…


Former eBay Employee Gets 18 Months in Prison for ‘Abominable’ Cyberstalking Campaign

BOSTON—A former supervisor for security operations at eBay Inc was sentenced on Tuesday to 18 months in prison for his role in a cyberstalking campaign that targeted a Massachusetts couple whose online newsletter was viewed as critical of the e-commerce company. Federal prosecutors in Boston said Philip Cooke, a retired police captain in Santa Clara,…