US university ex-coach admits to duping women in nude photo scheme

Waithe, 30, pleaded guilty in Boston federal court to charges of wire fraud, cyberstalking and computer fraud related to a vast effort to trick dozens of young women across the country into sending him compromising photos. — Unsplash

BOSTON: A former Northeastern University track-and-field coach pleaded guilty on Nov 21 to charges involving a scheme to steal nude photos from the cellphones of female athletes and dupe young women at the school and elsewhere into sending him such images.

Steve Waithe, 30, pleaded guilty in Boston federal court to charges of wire fraud, cyberstalking and computer fraud related to a vast effort to trick dozens of young women across the country into sending him compromising photos.