Two men are facing a long prison sentence and a potential fine of up to $1million for allegedly developing an app to harvest pictures of naked women.
Police claimed the pair sold a piece of obscenely-named software which allowed men to automatically delve deep into women's private photo albums and steal their sexy selfies.
Brandon Bourret, 39, of Colorado Springs, Colorado and Athanasios Andrianakis, 26, of Sunnyvale, California, were arrested without incident last week.
“It is not safe to hide behind your computer, breach corporate servers and line your own pockets by victimising those who have a right to protected privacy on the internet," said U.S. Attorney John Walsh.
"The US Attorney’s Office is keenly focused on prosecuting those people for their theft - and for the wanton harm they do to innocent internet users."
The duo are alleged to have designed an app called "Photofucket" which is dedicated to harvesting flesh pics from photo-sharing sites.
It uses a well-known trick called "fusking", which involves using software to guess the web address of hidden content.
This can allow pervy picture hunters to bypass password protection mechanisms, which limit access to albums but do not always protect each individual image.
Police claimed Bourret and Andrianakis used the software to steal images and videos as well as selling on passwords to allow other people to access women's digital sanctums.
"Unauthorised access into a secure computer system is a serious federal crime,” said Special Agent in Charge Ravenelle.
"The arrest of Brandon Bourret and his co-conspirator reflects the FBI’s commitment to investigate those who undertake activities such as this with the intent to harm a company and its customers."
If found guilty, the penalty could be grave.
Bourret and Andrianakis both face one count of conspiracy and another of computer fraud, both of which carry a penalty of up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
They both also face two counts of access device fraud, which could see them hit with a 10 year stretch and a $250,000 fine for each count.
If all these charges are proven and a judge decides to be harsh in his sentencing, the pair could spend 30 years in prison and have to pay $1million.
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