<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A man has admitted sending </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/artificial-intelligence" rel="" target="" title="AI"><span>AI</span></a><span>-manipulated intimate images to eight women - including a mother and daughter, and two sisters - in an attempt to extort real explicit photos.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Benjamin Michael Jomaa took the innocuous </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/social-media" rel="" target="" title="social media"><span>social media</span></a><span> photos of the women and used </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/technology" rel="" target="" title="technology"><span>technology</span></a><span> to turn them into explicit faked images.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 32-year-old manipulated a photo of two sisters holidaying in Thailand to make it appear as though they were topless before sending it to them both on Facebook, according to the agreed facts of his NSW court case.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/suspicious-blaze-breaks-out-at-the-love-machine-nightclub/e9ecc842-1ac8-4be1-a888-f607055413b1" target="_blank"><strong><span>Suspicious blaze breaks out at notorious Love Machine nightclub in Melbourne</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He sent matching graphic messages to each sister before threatening to post the photos online if they didn't respond with real explicit images.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Respond or you will regret it," the sales assistant wrote, as outlined in court documents.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He used a very similar method to sextort a mother and daughter, whose photos he scraped from their Facebook profiles and photoshopped to appear as though they were topless.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/adelaide-man-admits-to-manipulating-social-media-images-to-sextort-mother-and-daughter/095ef843-f310-47f1-8820-a6d12787ed00" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Sexual extortion or "sextortion" is a form of blackmail where a person threatens to share a nude or sexual image or video unless their victim gives in to their demands.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Another woman received a number of very graphic descriptions of Jomaa's fantasies about her along with a demand to perform a sex act for him.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was motivated to extort intimate images out of the victims for his own sexual gratification, police say.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 32-year-old has admitted targeting eight women over seven months, leaving them deeply concerned the deepfake photos would be published online.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/italian-dual-citizenship-strict-new-rule-that-destroyed-carlas-retirement-plans/bf9f10ff-2911-40fa-b7ee-d8f92600742a" target="_blank"><strong><span>Carla wanted to retire in Italy. A strict citizenship rule has locked her out of her parents' homeland</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>According to the agreed facts, the edited photos appear real and would not arouse suspicion.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Jomaa faced Gosford District Court today after pleading guilty to 17 offences, including eight counts of using a carriage service to send sexual material knowing the recipient did not consent.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was expected to face sentencing but the matter was adjourned to allow the magistrate to read all of the relevant information.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Ettalong Beach resident will instead learn his fate in April.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>After previously defying attempts to photograph him, he ducked his head and attempted to obscure his identity as he entered and exited the courthouse.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When Jomaa was arrested in May, police found all of the photos - both edited and original - in a hidden folder on his phone.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was charged two months before the NSW government introduced a bill to specifically ban AI-generated sexual imagery.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Under the laws, editing a photo to create an intimate image of someone while being reckless as to their consent carries a maximum penalty of three years' imprisonment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.1800respect.org.au/"><strong><span>National Sexual Assault, Domestic Family Violence Counselling Service</span></strong></a><strong><span> 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732).</span></strong></div></div>