Former diplomat Michael Ford from Alpharetta sentenced to nearly 5 years in sextortion case
An Alpharetta man was sentenced to four years in prison for cyberstalking and ”sextorting young women.
Former U.S. State Department employee Michael Ford was convicted of hacking into other networks to steal naked pictures of college students.
Authorities said he then used those photos to blackmail the women.
Investigators said he did this using his govement issued computer while working at the U.S. Embassy in London.
Ford was arrested at Hartsfield Jackson Inteational Airport in May 2015.
He pleaded guilty to cyberstalking, hacking, and wire fraud.
Michael C. Ford (pictured left and right), 36, sent emails to women claiming to be a member of Google's account deletion team in order to get their passwords and access sexually explicit photos from their accounts
Ford (pictured right with his wife, Theresa Drollinger-Ford) sent 800 phishing emails and 180 follow-up messages in one day, targeting college-aged sorority girls and aspiring models
Ford (pictured left with his wife), threatened to put the images online or send them to the women's families and friends if they didn't comply with his demands, which included taking videos in a gym locker room
Ford was sentenced to four years and nine months followed by three years on supervised release. He was granted a request to start serving after August 1 so he can witness the birth of his second child. Pictured with his wife
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