By Leah Simpson For Dailymail.com
Published: 14:00 GMT, 15 March 2019 | Updated: 16:45 GMT, 15 March 2019
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John Ferdinand Thompson, 23, was charged with extortion, fraud, stalking and sexual cyber harassment
An Ohio man has been charged with extortion and sexual cyber harassment after a University of Central Florida student complained explicit images of herself were being shared online and used to bribe her.
John Ferdinand Thompson, 23, turned himself into police Wednesday when law enforcement on the college campus got in contact.
The suspect is the ex-boyfriend of the college student's sister and said he targeted her via Snapchat because his former girlfriend refused to share similar content.
Law enforcement claims Thompson posted on 4chan.org looking for a hacker last May.
Investigators said the hacker got the female victim's Snapchat information by saying she had his old number and he needed her login details because he was unable to access his own account.
Snapchat recommends in their Safety Centre tips that under no circumstances should someone share their login details with another person - especially a stranger.
They also advise not to share it with applications or websites and suggest using a different password for every service.
After the victim shared the private information, she was blocked from her account and started to receive messages demanding sexually explicit photographs and video in exchange for the new
