Athletic director at suburban high school arrested in alleged sextortion scheme

The interim schoolhouse diversion manager and teachers' national president astatine a precocious schoolhouse successful New York City's suburbs has been accused of sextorting a teen online, according to the Westchester County District Attorney's Office. 

Thomas Puccini, 28, was arrested successful Eastchester, New York, connected Nov. 1 and charged with fourth-degree expansive larceny aft allegedly coercing a teenage lad to nonstop him sexually explicit images and videos online, opening erstwhile the unfortunate was 17 from November 2021 to November 2023. Their connection occurred connected Snapchat and CashApp, a mobile outgo app.

"Pressuring and threatening radical for contented that is intersexual successful nature, besides known arsenic ‘sextortion,’ is progressively directed astatine our younker and is simply a crime," the territory attorney's bureau said. "Anyone who whitethorn person been victimized oregon whitethorn person accusation astir different imaginable victims of this suspect should interaction the DA’s Office astatine (914) 995-TIPS (8477). My Office is connected standby to connection enactment and assistance to victims and families portion our probe continues."

The FBI defines sextortion arsenic "a superior transgression that occurs erstwhile idiosyncratic threatens to administer your backstage and delicate worldly if you don’t supply them images of a intersexual nature, intersexual favors, oregon money."

SEXTORTION SCAMS EVOLVE WITH GOOGLE MAPS IMAGES TO INTIMIDATE VICTIMS

Thomas Puccini, Eastchester School District's interim diversion director, has been accused of targeting a teen lad successful a sextortion crippled online. (Google Maps/ X)

Eastchester School District Superintendent Ronald D. Valenti wrote that the schoolhouse assemblage was "shocked and highly disheartened to larn of" Puccini's arrest.

MICHIGAN FOOTBALL PLAYER’S NIGERIAN SCAMMERS PAY PRICE FOR TEEN'S SEXTORTION SUICIDE

Eastchester School District Superintendent Ronald D. Valenti wrote that the schoolhouse assemblage was "shocked and highly disheartened to larn of" Thomas Puccini's arrest. (X)

"As antecedently stated, erstwhile the Eastchester School District learned of Mr. Puccini’s apprehension connected November 1st, the District instantly placed him connected administrative leave, prohibited him from entering into oregon being contiguous connected immoderate District property, and revoked each physics access.

"At this time, it is important to recognize that the District is not successful possession of immoderate allegations that Mr. Puccini’s behaviour progressive immoderate existent oregon erstwhile District students."

The New York Post reported, though, that the transgression ailment shows Puccini allegedly threatened to exposure that a teen attended Eastchester schools contempt surviving extracurricular the schoolhouse territory if the lad did not nonstop Puccini images helium asked for.

FATHER OF TEEN SEXTORTION VICTIM WARNS OF ‘ALARMING’ FBI REPORT

Thomas Puccini was successful his "fifth twelvemonth of service" with the schoolhouse territory and "was decently vetted earlier helium was hired," and "at nary clip has immoderate ailment been lodged regarding his performance." (X)

The superintendent noted that Puccini was successful his "fifth twelvemonth of service" with the schoolhouse territory and "was decently vetted earlier helium was hired," and "at nary clip has immoderate ailment been lodged regarding his performance," Valenti said.

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

The Westchester County territory lawyer and Eastchester School District are urging more imaginable victims to travel guardant since Puccini's arrest.