Catfishing is a deceptive online activity where a person creates ... in London received a friend request on Facebook from a ...

A Northern Ireland man was sentenced Friday to a minimum of 20 years in prison after being found guilty by a U.K. court in what has been described as the biggest criminal "catfishing" case in the ...

Prosecutors say 26-year-old Alexander McCartney, from Newry in Northern Ireland, pretended to be a teenage girl and carried out catfishing attacks on 3,500 female victims he contacted on platforms ...

Alexander McCartney, 26, was sentenced to life imprisonment for a global online blackmail campaign that led to the suicide of a 12-year-old girl. A notorious offender known for his "catfishing ...

They said something "big was unfolding... it involved catfishing". Catfishing is where a person creates a false identity to gain the trust of people and exploit them. Ms Kierans said little girls ...

A prolific "catfish" offender whose cruel campaign of global online blackmail targeted thousands of young victims and drove a 12-year-old US girl to suicide was on Friday jailed for life.

A New Zealand father has told how he will never forgive an Irish man for abusing his two young daughters as part of a catfishing web targeting victims across the globe. Alexander McCartney ...

Britain's worst catfish told a 12-year-old girl she was going to be 'my little toy for the night' in vile Snapchats after tricking her into sending intimate photos of herself. Sick Alexander ...

Alexander McCartney, 26, posed online as a teenage girl to befriend young females across the world on the social media app Snapchat, forcing them to send him explicit pictures, then threatening to ...

Catfishing – often used on social media - is when a person uses false information and images to create a fake identity online with the intention of tricking, harassing, or scamming another person.