The Canadian and UK authorities have collaborated in order to bring to justice a 36 year old British pedophile that used webcam spyware to retrieve sensitive information from the victims' machines. Adrian Ringland, from Ilkeston, Derbyshire, then used the data to blackmail underage schoolgirls, forcing them to provide him with sexually explicit images. Following his apprehension, the man pleaded guilty to two counts of indecency with a child, four counts of blackmail, 10 counts of producing indecent photos and five counts of unauthorized modification of computers. His modus operandi was to pose as a teenager named "Ant Jones" in chat rooms in order to initiate contact and to infect the victims PCs with malware.

*** this is just plain CRAZY!