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A Waxahachie man has been sentenced to four years in federal prison after he tricked women into sending him nude pictures and videos, then tried to extort them into sending more.
James Michael Alger, 32, pleaded guilty in April to one count each of aggravated identity theft, cyberstalking, interstate communications with intent to extort, and wire fraud. A federal judge for the Western District of Texas sentenced him earlier this month.
According to a criminal complaint, Alger texted an El Paso woman in May 2018 about an opportunity to make quick money. Pretending to be a woman, Alger said that he had recently traveled to Houston and been paid $250,000 to have sex with the billionaire owner of a sports team.
Authorities did not say which wealthy man Alger named, referring to him only by the initial “T.”
Alger said he was recruiting another woman for a similar encounter and asked whether the El Paso woman was interested. When she said yes, he told her the billionaire would expect nude pictures and frequent text messages before agreeing to pay for sex, court documents say.
Later, pretending to be the billionaire, Alger asked the woman for sexually explicit photos and videos, and she sent several over the course of a few weeks.
Alger then texted the woman from another number and said that he had the images that she’d sent to “the billionaire.” He threatened to release them if she didn’t send him more and if she didn’t have sex with him, authorities said.