Two Face US Charges for Sextortion and Cyberstalking in Puerto Rico

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Two Face US Charges for Sextortion and Cyberstalking in Puerto Rico, according to The Cyber Express. Two Dominican Republic nationals have been extradited to the United States to face charges over an alleged sextortion scheme that used social media to target victims in Puerto Rico, threaten exposure of sexually explicit images, and demand money. Patricia Joanna Almonte-Frías and her partner, Rineldys Feliciano Díaz-Cuevas, were extradited on September 30, 2026, after being arrested in the Dominican Republic on August 19 at the request of US authorities.

The defendants face charges of conspiracy to cyberstalk and send interstate threats in the District of Puerto Rico, according to the US Department of Justice . The case concerns an alleged international operation in which victims were pressured to make payments under threats that compromising images would be shared with their families and friends. Sextortion Scheme Allegedly Used Social Media Platforms According to court documents , Almonte-Frías and Díaz-Cuevas operated a financially motivated sextortion conspiracy from the Dominican Republic.