Navy captain shared ‘erotic’ photos of his ex while impersonating her online, US feds say

Essenfeld, 52, spent more than a year impersonating his ex-girlfriend online while using her name, information and photographs of her to harass her, federal prosecutors said. — Pixabay

When a woman learned a fake Facebook account with more than 1,000 friends was impersonating her and shared private photos of her online, she “was devastated and confounded by who could hate her so much,” according to court documents.

Then her mother found a LinkedIn account, which wrongly listed the woman as a pole dancer. The account was also impersonating her, court documents say.