Over a period of six years, Tyler Buchanan purchased on Craigslist, Back and other websites that appeared to offer sex services for hire, primarily targeting gay men in multiple cities and states, including numerous locations in Los Angeles and Orange counties.
After a text conversation that could be potentially embarrassing to the victim, Buchanan would threaten to disclose the texts -- which often established the man's sexual interest -- as well as threaten to report the victim to law enforcement for solicitation of prostitution -- unless extortion money was paid. District Judge Otis D. Buchanan pleaded guilty in downtown Los Angeles in January to federal felony charges of using the internet to facilitate unlawful activity, transmitting threatening communications with intent to extort, and receiving and disposing of extortion proceeds.
In a letter to the court, the defendant admitted that when he began running the scheme, "I was a damaged and angry person and desperate for money I broke the law and acted like a person I'm not proud of. I took money from other people and I scared them.
In one of his first threats, Buchanan texted the man, "You'll pay for it one way or another. You choose.
Los Angeles. In one of his first threats, Tyler Buchanan texted the man, "You'll pay for it one way or another.
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