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ATLANTA — Federal agents arrested a State Department employee flying out of Atlanta this week and charged him with running an extensive “sextortion” scam, claiming he stole sexually explicit pictures of college coeds from their Internet accounts and then blackmailed them for more photos and videos. Michael C. Ford, a staff worker at the American embassy in London, is suspected of victimizing hundreds of young college girls across the country by hacking into their accounts to find sexually explicit photos using his State Department computer. The married sleezebag would then threaten to post the photos with their name and address unless the victims sent him more explicit material. Ford, who has lived in Great Britain since 2005, faces multiple charges including cyber-stalking and making interstate threats. According to prosecutors, “He targeted women at U.S. colleges and universities and was looking for women who were members of sororities ... and aspiring models.” The father of a 15-month-old child would obtain women’s email passwords through “phishing” expeditions. He would send emails pretending to be from Google threatening to shut down the account unless the women verified their personal information and provided a password. Ford then used the password to help gain access to their Internet accounts where they stored photos, the warrant said. Ford’s work computer at the London embassy contained a spreadsheet of 262 email addresses, which prosecutors believe include those of his victims. With one victim, he demanded that she take videos of other girls and “sexy girls” undressing in changing rooms in pools, gyms and clothing stores and then send him the videos. Ford was arrested Sunday as he tried to board a London first-class flight with his family. He made a three-hour confession after his arrest. ----------------------------------------­--------------------- Welcome to TomoNews, where we animate the most entertaining news on the internets. Come here for an animated look at viral headlines, US news, celebrity gossip, salacious scandals, dumb criminals and much more! Subscribe now for daily news animations that will knock your socks off. Visit our official website for all the latest, uncensored videos: http://us.tomonews.net Check out our Android app: http://bit.ly/1rddhCj Check out our iOS app: http://bit.ly/1gO3z1f Stay connected with us here: Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TomoNewsUS Twitter @tomonewsus http://www.twitter.com/TomoNewsUS Google+ http://plus.google.com/+TomoNewsUS/ Instagram @tomonewsus http://instagram.com/tomonewsus