According to the Department of Justice, Alvarez spent a year repeatedly harassing and intimidating the woman to give him sexually explicit videos, saying that if she didn’t, he would make public ‘compromising photos and videos’ that he already had. — Photo by Akshar Dave
A Texas man was sentenced to five years in prison for extortion and cyberstalking of an Utah woman and her family for more than a year.
Jordy Julian Alvarez, 28, of Harris County, was sentenced Tuesday. After he is released from prison, he will serve three years’ probation.
According to the Department of Justice, Alvarez spent a year repeatedly harassing and intimidating the woman to give him sexually explicit videos, saying that if she didn’t, he would make public “compromising photos and videos” that he already had.
The woman had willingly given Alvarez images and videos in 2019, but several months later said she no longer wanted to continue doing so. After she refused to send more images and videos, Alvarez started contacting her father, brother and grandmother, sending them harassing and intimidating messages to pressure the woman.
Alvarez sent her a message on Instagram saying, “Do I really have to start blowing all of your family up?” and told her father that "she will be crying tears of blood when I'm done with her”, a federal complaint said.
In texts to the woman’s brother, Alvarez threatened to kidnap her, saying “don’t get mad or upset when your sister ends up missing”, the complaint said.
Alvarez used fictitious social media accounts, email accounts and anonymous phone numbers to contact the woman and her family. He also used fake accounts to sell compromising images of the woman.
The messages continued through December 2021.
When arrested, Alvarez admitted to multiple counts of cyberstalking that caused fear and emotional distress.
“Jordy Alvarez is a cyber predator who relentlessly harassed, bullied and extorted the victim for an extended amount of time, causing substantial emotional harm,” said acting Special Agent in Charge Cheyvoryea Gibson of the Salt Lake City FBI. “Cyberstalking is a serious federal crime.” – San Antonio Express-News/Tribune News Service
