Texas man accused of threatening to post sexually explicit videos unless California woman paid

A 26-year-old Dallas man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Sacramento on charges that he tried to extort a Northern California woman by threatening to post sexually explicit videos of her unless she sent him money and additional explicit material.

Cameron Andrew Garcia was arrested Tuesday after being indicted on charges of making interstate threats and extortion and cyberstalking the woman since April, according to the indictment.

Garcia allegedly used Instagram to communicate with the victim “threatening to post to public websites images and videos of (her) engaging in sexually explicit conduct that Garcia had produced when (she) was under the age of 18,” the indictment states.

Garcia threatened to post the videos and images unless she “produced new sexually explicit images and videos for him” and send money through Venmo, the indictment says.

The victim is a resident of Butte County, and authorities are asking anyone with information on the case or who believes they may be a victim to contact the FBI at GarciaVictims@fbi.gov.

Garcia could face up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

This story was originally published July 28, 2020 at 1:50 PM.