The term gained popular use as a verb for deception from the 2010 documentary titled Catfish directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman that talked about these kinds of fraudulent relationships. He is ...
It was a phone call from a 13-year-old girl in Scotland in 2019 that eventually led to the capture of a social media predator described as one of the world's most prolific child sex abusers.
A catfish who targeted young girls online has been sentenced to at least 20 years in prison after being convicted of the manslaughter of a victim who took her own life. Alexander McCartney pleaded ...
The charred remains of a Walmart employee who "baked to death" in the store's walk-in oven were discovered by her mum who worked at the same store. "Imagine the horror that her mother experienced ...
An online predator who led an American girl and her father to take their own lives has been jailed for at least 20 years after the UK's largest "catfishing" case. Warning: This article contains ...
The UK’s most prolific “catfish” ran a “paedophile enterprise” targeting 3,500 children in 30 countries, a court has heard. Alexander McCartney was jailed for life and ordered to serve a ...
A serial catfish abuser from Northern Ireland who caused one of his victims in the US to take her own life has been jailed for life with a minimum of 20 years. Online predator Alexander McCartney ...
Some readers may find the details of this report distressing. An online predator who drove one of his catfish victims in the US to take her own life has been jailed for at least 20 years.
A catfish who used intimate photos to blackmail young girls has a body count of two after a heartbroken dad took his own life following the suicide of his 12-year-old daughter. Alexander McCartney ...
McCartney, who posed as a young girl on Snapchat to befriend other girls before blackmailing them, is thought to be the UK’s most prolific catfish offender with victims identified globally.