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ORIGINAL

FILED IN CHAMBERS
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United States District Court
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

v.

CRIMINAL COMPLAINT
Case Number: 1:15-MJ-386

Michael C. Ford
UNDER SEAL

I, the undersigned complainant being duly sworn, state the following is true and correct to the best of my
knowledge a11d belief. On or about January 2015 through on or about May 2015, the defendant, Michael
C. Ford did, :
(a) with the intent to harass and to cause substantial emotional distress to at least one person did use an
interactive computer service and a facility of interstate commerce, including e-mail, to engage in a course
of conduct that caused substantial emotional distress to at least one person in violation of Title 18, United
States Code, Section 2261A(2)(A);
(b) knowingly and with intent to extort an item of value did transmit in interstate and foreign commerce
communications containing threats to injure the property or reputation of the addressee in violation of
Title 18, United States Code, Section 875(d);
(c) intentionally access a computer without authorization and exceed authorized access, and thereby
obtain information from any protected computer, namely a server of Google Inc., and the offense was
committed in furtherance of criminal and tortious act in violation of the laws of the United States and any
State, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1030(a)(2), (c)(2)(B);
(d) with intent to extort from any person any thing of value, transmit in interstate and foreign commerce
communications containing a threat to impair the confidentiality of information obtained form a
protected computer without authorization, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section
1030(a)(7)(B);
(e) having devised and intending to devise a scheme and artifice to defraud victims and to obtain money
and property, including online account passwords other personally identifiable information, by means of
materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises, and for the purpose of
executing the scheme and artifice to defraud, transmit and cause to be transmitted, by means of wire
communication in interstate and foreign commerce, certain writings, signs, signals, pictures, and sounds,
in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1343 and 2.
I further state that I am a Special Agent with the Diplomatic Security Service and that this complaint is
based on the following facts:

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PLEASE SEE ATT ACHED AFFIDAVIT

Continued on the attached sheet and made a part hereof.

Yes

Signature of domplainant

Eric J. Kasik
Based upon this complaint, this Court finds that there is probable cause to believe that an offense has
been committed and that the defendant has committed it. Sworn to before me, and subscribed in my
presence
May 15, 2015
Date

E. CLAYTON SCOFIELD, III
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Name and Title of Judicial Officer
AUSA Kamal Ghali / 2015R00429

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Atlanta, Georgia
City and State

Signature of Judi~l Ofhcer

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