Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Photoshop: A Tool for Advertisers…and Sex Offenders A great many of us know that Photoshop is often misused (just take a trip to your local drugstore’s beauty aisle). But last week, we were horrified by a story that tops all Photoshop blunders. According to an FBI press release, a 53-year-old man named Dirk LaPaglia was just sentenced to six years in prison for creating hundreds of pornographic images of approximately two dozen little girls using Photoshop. He also confessed to breaking and entering into neighbors’ homes and delivering anonymous packages containing lingerie and details of his sexual encounters with both adults and minors. Investigators found that in some instances, he was even in these girls’ bedrooms. But that’s not all. According to the FBI report: “The examination of the computer also revealed that LaPaglia had clandestinely entered several neighbors’ homes, found the girl’s bedroom, placed the girl’s undergarments on the girl’s bed, and then filmed himself engaging in auto-erotic behavior. The computer evidence additionally showed that LaPaglia had established a Facebook account in which he masqueraded as a high school girl in an effort to obtain more photos of his victims. Finally, law enforcement found on LaPaglia’s computer letters ostensibly from lingerie sellers such as Victoria’s Secret that were addressed to his victims. In these letters, LaPaglia dangled the opportunity of lucrative modeling contracts if the girls would send sample photos to an e-mail address that further investigation showed was registered to LaPaglia.” Read the full release here. More from Diana Denza at Blogginista.

Photoshop: A Tool for Advertisers…and Sex Offenders

A great many of us know that Photoshop is often misused (just take a trip to your local drugstore’s beauty aisle). But last week, we were horrified by a story that tops all Photoshop blunders.

According to an FBI press release, a 53-year-old man named Dirk LaPaglia was just sentenced to six years in prison for creating hundreds of pornographic images of approximately two dozen little girls using Photoshop.

He also confessed to breaking and entering into neighbors’ homes and delivering anonymous packages containing lingerie and details of his sexual encounters with both adults and minors. Investigators found that in some instances, he was even in these girls’ bedrooms.

But that’s not all. According to the FBI report: “The examination of the computer also revealed that LaPaglia had clandestinely entered several neighbors’ homes, found the girl’s bedroom, placed the girl’s undergarments on the girl’s bed, and then filmed himself engaging in auto-erotic behavior. The computer evidence additionally showed that LaPaglia had established a Facebook account in which he masqueraded as a high school girl in an effort to obtain more photos of his victims. Finally, law enforcement found on LaPaglia’s computer letters ostensibly from lingerie sellers such as Victoria’s Secret that were addressed to his victims. In these letters, LaPaglia dangled the opportunity of lucrative modeling contracts if the girls would send sample photos to an e-mail address that further investigation showed was registered to LaPaglia.”

Read the full release here.

More from Diana Denza at Blogginista.

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