{"id":45501,"date":"2026-03-19T07:16:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T04:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homeland-news.net\/?p=45501"},"modified":"2026-03-19T07:19:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T04:19:00","slug":"georgia-felon-indicted-for-targeting-professional-athletes-in-fraud-and-sex-trafficking-schemes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homeland-news.net\/?p=45501","title":{"rendered":"Georgia felon indicted for targeting professional athletes in fraud and sex trafficking schemes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/The image is from the Bureau of Investigations.FBI\">The image is from the Bureau of Investigations.FBI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">New York &#8211; Rashad Alkhader &#8211; Homeland News &#8211; From- FBI<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">ATLANTA &#8211; Kwamaine Jerell Ford has been charged with targeting professional athletes through a phishing scam and thereafter engaging in a fraud and sex trafficking scheme. In 2019, in the Northern District of Georgia, Ford was convicted of computer fraud and aggravated identity theft for perpetrating similar phishing attacks and spending nearly $325,000 by using his victims\u2019 stolen financial information.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u201cWhile serving time for stealing credit card numbers from athletes and celebrities to fund his lifestyle, Ford allegedly engaged in the same conduct again,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg. \u201cDisturbingly, the indictment alleges that Ford went even further and used a fraudulent online persona to traffic a young woman and coerce her to produce hidden camera videos of commercial sex acts with unknowing individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u201cKwamaine Ford clearly did not learn from his prior conviction for a similar scheme. This time, he allegedly escalated his criminal activity\u2014stealing identities and money while also moving into coercion and sex trafficking,\u201d said FBI Georgia Acting Special Agent in Charge Peter Ellis. \u201cThe FBI\u2019s dedicated agents remain committed to staying ahead of schemes like this and protecting the public from individuals who exploit and harm others for personal gain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">According to U.S. Attorney Hertzberg, the charges, and other information presented in court: beginning in at least November 2020, while in the Federal Bureau of Prisons custody, Ford allegedly obtained login credentials for Apple accounts belonging to NBA and NFL players through a two-pronged approach. First, Ford allegedly posed online as a well-known adult film star and offered to send sexually explicit videos to the athletes. At the same time, Ford spoofed legitimate Apple customer service accounts, posed as an Apple customer support representative, and requested, via text messages, that the victims send their username, password, and\/or Multi-Factor Authentication codes in order to access the videos that his fraudulent adult film star persona was purportedly trying to send the victims. Through this phishing scheme, dozens of victims were allegedly tricked into providing their login credentials to Ford. After gaining control of the victims\u2019 Apple accounts, Ford allegedly obtained credit and debit card information belonging to victims and used that information to pay for thousands of dollars in personal spending.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Additionally, in May 2021, Ford allegedly posed as the adult film star and recruited, tricked, and coerced a female victim into engaging in commercial sex acts with the professional athletes based on false promises that the film star would advance the victim\u2019s modeling career. Ford advertised the victim to the athletes, coordinated the victim\u2019s travel to the athletes, and negotiated payments from the athletes for the purpose of purchasing sex with the victim. Ford used additional fraudulent personas to threaten the victim and maintain her continued involvement in commercial sex acts with the athletes. Using false personas, Ford obtained a financial cut from the commercial sex acts, many of which Ford allegedly coerced his victim into filming without the athletes\u2019 knowledge or consent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">On March 13, 2026, Kwamaine Jerell Ford, 34, of Buford, Georgia appeared in federal court and pled not guilty to 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. A U.S. magistrate judge ordered that Ford be held without bail pending trial.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Members of the public are reminded that the indictment only contains charges. The defendant is presumed innocent of the charges, and it will be the government\u2019s burden to prove the defendant\u2019s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt at trial.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">This case is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Assistant U.S. Attorneys Bernita B. Malloy and Phyllis Clerk are prosecuting the case. Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Natasha Cooper investigated the case prior to the indictment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Press Release Link<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-ndga\/pr\/georgia-felon-indicted-targeting-professional-athletes-fraud-and-sex-trafficking\">https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-ndga\/pr\/georgia-felon-indicted-targeting-professional-athletes-fraud-and-sex-trafficking<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The image is from the Bureau of Investigations.FBI &nbsp; New York &#8211; Rashad Alkhader &#8211; Homeland News &#8211; From- FBI ATLANTA &#8211; Kwamaine Jerell Ford has been charged with targeting professional athletes through a phishing scam and thereafter engaging in a fraud and sex trafficking scheme. 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