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Detectives believe a man arrested in Colorado has spent the last eight years extorting women and girls across the country.
David Ajiri, a 25-year-old from Pennsylvania, was arrested in Jefferson County on March 9 for criminal extortion in an investigation led by the Arvada Police Department. He was only arrested on one count, but detectives allege that Ajiri has victimized numerous individuals since at least 2018, including girls as young as fourteen.
Ajiri is accused of using dating apps and social media platforms to contact women and girls, offering them money to send him sexually intimate images of themselves, according to police. To convince the victims, he allegedly sent fake transaction receipts or catfished them, posing as other women who claimed to have received payment from him after sending photos.
Once Ajiri secured the illicit images, he did not pay as promised, police claim. Instead, he allegedly threatened to spread the photos unless the victims sent him money, more sexually explicit images or both. Police also accuse Ajiri of selling some of the victims’ photos online.
At times, police say he sent the extorted victims detailed instructions on what the additional sexual images and videos must feature. Ajiri allegedly contacted several victims using new phone numbers and false identities, claiming to be a concerned individual, warning them that someone was attempting to sell their images online.
Ajiri is believed to have used at least 33 fake names while conducting the sextortion scheme, and over a dozen social media accounts. The following Snapchat accounts were traced to Ajiri, according to police: kenslove3, mikebrown867, chris.morris98 and dajiri8535. The following Instagram accounts were also reportedly used: brandoncress87, crort786, mikegreen876, mikegbrandon0, brandc428, nbalifer23, davidandrews2054, dmol678, cro6788 and oc65ks.
Police are asking any potential victims of Ajiri to come forward.
“Detectives understand that these crimes are deeply personal and often traumatic, and they encourage victims to come forward so investigators can fully understand the scope of this case and pursue justice,” the Arvada Police Department says in a statement.
Anyone who communicated with Ajiri online or who believes they may have been a victim of sextortion connected to the investigation is encouraged to call the Arvada Police Department at 720-898-7171 regarding case AR25004692.
