Business And there is still people who say there is no money to be made in porn....

[patadeperro]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Five inmates in the Carolinas extorted more than half a million dollars from military personnel throughout the country, using illegal cellphones to pose as women on dating sites, authorities said Wednesday.

Standing in front of a state prison in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. Attorney Sherri Lydon told reporters that five inmates had been indicted on federal charges including extortion and wire fraud. Ten others throughout the Carolinas have been charged with helping inmates collect extortion payments via services including Western Union or PayPal.

According to court documents, inmates used contraband phones to join dating websites, contacting and exchanging nude images with service members across the country.

Once the targets had been reeled in, Drew Goodridge of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service said, inmates then posed as an authority figure, like a father or police officer, claiming the girl with whom the victim had been communicating was underage and demanding money to keep the exchanges private.

Fearful they'd be accused of disseminating child pornography, possibly losing their military careers, more than 442 service members handed over more than $560,000 total, authorities said.

Lydon said the victims come from all branches and ranks of the military. According to Goodridge, more than 250 other cases were being investigated for potential extortion as part of "Operation Surprise Party," which his agency began in January 2017.

"This operation will continue until we break the back of these criminal networks," he said.

Inmates aren't allowed to have cellphones behind bars, although thousands are smuggled inside each year. Corrections Director Bryan Stirling has long called illegally obtained cellphones the No. 1 security threat inside his institutions, as they allow inmates the unmonitored ability to communicate and potentially continue their criminal endeavors.

Officials have said a deadly riot earlier this year at Lee Correctional Institution was in part a turf war over contraband including cellphones.

"We do not lock up criminals only to have them go to prison and continue their criminal conduct," Lydon said. "It is the unfettered use of contraband cellphones that allows inmates to continue harming the citizens of South Carolina."

Source: https://www.tampabay.com/ap/national...ff3daa8cdca960

And I am not talking about extortion to make money, (because there are a lot of people here who are WAY TOO Literal) I am talking about people who are in very tough conditions, constantly watched and they still are able to push money with some of the variations of e-whoring..... I guess that where there is a will there is a way

[CaptainHowdy]

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[wankawonk]

This just proves there's money in scamming people.

gotta work a lot harder than these guys to make money in porn. But at least you won't go to jail for it

[HairyChick]

I had to go to court when an inmate sued me and my business. He ordered my magazine but didn’t get it, he claimed. It had been refused at the prison for sexual content. I had the envelope as proof.

Judge agreed to look at the magazine when I countered that the images weren’t sexual according to some statute. No “pink” or spread-eagle shots made it not illegal or pornographic .

Judge agreed with me but stated this wasn’t the prison on trial. I said it was, that I fulfilled my obligations and the prison disallowed him getting his merchandise, not I. I agreed to resend once but if not received due to their rules, I’d not resend or refund him.

He got it, sent me a note that was nasty and stupid. After that, I never sent to a jail, despite many guys trying to order sneakily, like “123 Main Street, Apt 6983340-221”. I’d call the library, confirm the address was federal prison, hold the money a month and then return it with “nice try, law breaker” note. Fortunately I had a P.O. box and private mailbox so I’d never have a raging inmate after me.

Wow, that brought back memories of court and showing the judge my work. I worried the headline would be, “PORNOGRAPHER PAM PROTESTS PRISON POLICE PROTEST PRURIENT PORNOGRAPHY PAGES” even though it wasn’t porn or the police!

Prisoners are crafty people. I don’t care how much I love a man, nothing will convince me to shove a cellphone up my hoohah. Nor will I shit out a cellphone. Swallowing is fine except for cellphones.