Man accused of posing as adult film star in phishing, trafficking scheme

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A Buford man has been charged in federal court with a phishing scheme targeted at professional athletes as well as trafficking a woman, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia said.

Kwamaine Jerell Ford allegedly posed as an adult film star and offered to send sexually explicit videos to the athletes. He then posed as an Apple customer service representative to obtain usernames, passwords and multi-factor authentication codes, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia said.

Ford allegedly used this method to obtain credit and debit card information from dozens of victims, according to the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia said.

He then “recruited, tricked and coerced a female victim into engaging in commercial sex acts with the professional athletes” using the adult film star persona, the U.S. attorney said. He allegedly used other false identities to threaten the victim.

Ford has been charged with nine counts of wire fraud, seven counts of computer fraud, one count of access device fraud, four counts of aggravated identity theft and one count of sex trafficking.