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Man admits to manipulating social media images to sextort mother and daughter

Benjamin Jomaa pled guilty to 17 charges including extorting eight women using AI-generated deepfake images for sexual gratification, with sentencing set for April.

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A man has admitted sending AI-manipulated intimate images to eight women - including a mother and daughter, and two sisters - in an attempt to extort real explicit photos.Benjamin Michael Jomaa took the innocuous social media photos of the women and used technology to turn them into explicit faked images.The 32-year-old manipulated a photo of two sisters holidaying in Thailand to make it appear as though they were topless before sending it to th…

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The Canberra Times broke the news in Canberra, Australia on Thursday, March 26, 2026.
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