A 21-year-old New York man, Anthony Belford, faces a federal cyberstalking charge tied to an alleged campaign of fake social media profiles and AI-generated nude images aimed at a Georgia college student, including messages falsely claiming racist and anti-Mus
A Georgia college student says the harassment didn’t stop when she transferred. The indictment paints a different picture: a New York man allegedly kept attacking her online, hiding behind fake accounts and sending AI-generated nude images to her family.
Anthony Belford, 21, was arraigned June 10 after a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging him with one count of cyberstalking. The court filings describe how Belford and the victim had attended the same college during the 2023-2024 academic year. After the student moved to a Georgia college in August 2024, he allegedly began targeting her there.
Between January and March 2025. court documents say Belford created fake Instagram. LinkedIn. Reddit. X. Strava. and Yahoo accounts to impersonate the victim and distribute AI-generated nude images. The alleged campaign also included fabricated claims that the student had made racist remarks about black students and anti-Muslim statements.
One allegation goes directly to the humiliation. Belford allegedly created a fake LinkedIn profile using an AI-generated nude image of the victim as its profile picture. Another alleges the harassment crossed into the victim’s home life: he allegedly used a spoofed Yahoo email account to send an AI-generated nude image of the victim to her mother.
The case also alleges persistence. Belford allegedly targeted the victim while attending the same college during the 2023-2024 academic year, and then continued even after she transferred to Georgia in August 2024.
“Belford allegedly waged a lengthy online campaign. hiding behind spoofed social media and email accounts to harass. intimidate. and cause substantial distress to his victim with racist messages and AI-generated nude images. ” U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg said at the time of the remarks reported in the court material.
Hertzberg added that cyberstalking and online abuse can devastate lives and disrupt communities, and said victims should not have to endure it in silence.
The Justice Department also emphasized that federal law prohibits sharing or threatening to share intimate images—including AI-generated ones—without consent. It urged victims to report violations to the FBI and to alert the Federal Trade Commission if online platforms fail to remove such content within 48 hours of a removal request.
The Justice Department pointed people to the FTC’s Take It Down platform for more information on how to protect themselves from cyberstalking attempts and stop the spread of images and videos shared online without consent.
This case arrives amid other federal actions involving digital harassment. In March. 22-year-old Jamarcus Mosley from Alabama pleaded guilty to cyberstalking. extortion. and computer fraud charges after hacking into the social media accounts of hundreds of young women. Also in March. 26-year-old Kyle Svara from Illinois pleaded guilty to hacking nearly 600 women’s Snapchat accounts to steal private nude photos. which were later traded or sold online.
For this victim. the alleged details are stark: fake profiles across multiple platforms. racist and anti-Muslim claims that were never true. and AI-generated nude images shared in an effort to intimidate. The charge. prosecutors say. is not only about what was sent. but about the ongoing campaign—one that allegedly continued even after a transfer meant the student was trying to start over.
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AI nudes again… how is this even a thing in 2026
So he made fake accounts and sent stuff to her mom?? That’s so disgusting. Also why did it say racist/anti-Mus stuff—like that’s just extra terrible on top of the harassment.
I don’t get it, cyberstalking charge like that means they can arrest him for the pictures but not for “the AI” itself? Like who even knows if it was really him sending it, could’ve been hacked or whatever. Still sounds awful though.
Every time I hear about these AI nude things it’s always “fake profiles” on Instagram/Reddit/X and then “sent to family.” Honestly it feels like the schools should stop letting people use their likenesses?? Like if he attended the same college before, isn’t that something the system flags? And the transfer part… like why does it follow her to Georgia, that part is just creepy. Idk, seems like he was trying to ruin her life.