Posted on: December 06, 2024 07:56 PM

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Federal inmate and his sister charged with cyber stalking and conspiring to extort victims

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “As alleged, Fred and Doreen Mastroianni have cyberstalked and conspired to extort victims by threatening to release compromising images of them to the public, allegedly engaging in this conduct even though Fred is already serving a 35-year prison sentence for receiving, distributing, and producing child pornography. 

  on August 15, 2024, for receiving and distributing child pornography and for the sexual exploitation of a minor. DOREEN MASTROIANNI (“DOREEN”) is FRED’s sister.

Since at least October 2024, FRED and DOREEN have engaged in a plot to extort victims by threatening to release sexually explicit images and videos of the victims that FRED has saved.  The extortion attempts are designed to compel victims to contribute money to FRED’s commissary account in prison and to fund the purchase of an insurance policy against DOREEN’s life for the benefit of FRED.  FRED has used another inmate’s email account to send DOREEN draft extortion threats in furtherance of this scheme.  At FRED’s direction, DOREEN has forwarded those extortion threats to victims on FRED’s behalf.

From DOJ