The Influencers Who Decided to Turn to Crime!

who are some of the craziest influencers out there let's get started with number five the worst girls to know kidnappers held influencer Angela Boyer's boyfriend Peter Wong for ransom in connection with Boyer's past criminal activities the kidnappers consisted of a group of six men who took vuang from his Sydney home while he was in bed with his girlfriend they held the Sydney businessman for five days

demanding a five million dollar ransom for his release during Wong's time as a hostage the kidnappers were particularly brutal with him Sarah elkare a state government agency employee misused her access to personal data to supply the kidnappers with vuong's information many people knew Boyers as a glamorous influencer on Tick Tock who had endorsement deals with many successful brands she also operated Cloud9 Studio an exclusive event

space that she'd rent out for brand launches photo shoots baby shoes and engagement parties before she became an influencer Boyer was once a member of a gang that sold illegal substances and served time in jail related to her role in that group blonde claimed his captors demanded The Ransom from Boyer's wealthy crypto Trader and property developer relative land in the kidnapping brought Boyer's criminal past to

light and her arrest following a sting operation 2017 undercover officer infiltrated the game Boyer was associated with he called himself Jim and paid a gang member a one thousand dollar deposit as part of a much bigger purchase of illegal substances and met up with him five days after to pay an additional 49 thousand dollars Jim met Boyer and her then boyfriend again hun in a designated

location where the couple instructed him to follow them as they drove to Boyer's family home Jim entered the house where Han and another man counted out the money and handed Boyer seven thousand dollars to take upstairs Jim then drove to another address to pick up a commercial quantity of illegal substances about a month later hun told Jim he could Supply illegal substances by the kilo Jim

arranged another purchase of fifty five thousand dollars Jim drove to the home of one of the gang members and hun Boyer and a third man met him there they took him into the backyard to count the money pun gave him a backpack filled with powdery substances which Jim handed over to police for an analysis of the substances Jim made his final deal in May when he

arranged to purchase almost two hundred thousand dollars of substances a couple LED Jim to a house to pick up the substances and when they arrived Han and Boyer fought over who would retrieve Jim's order as hun claimed he had hurt his foot Boyer eventually grabbed the items and gave them to hun who then handed them to Jim police swiftly arrived at the scene to arrest hun

Boyer and the person that lived at the house as well as seizing the substances and the cash six years later Boyer was dealing with gang activity again armed police stormed the property to rescue Wong where they found him blindfolded on a bed alcare was arrested for abusing her position to assist with vuang's kidnapping and face charges of accessing restrictive data held on a computer unauthorized function

with intent of serious offense participating in criminal group activity and more the six kidnappers were arrested and charged with their role in the kidnapping we know relationships can become flex but talk about baggage number four Miss Congeniality Fitness influencer Tammy steffens took Extreme Measures to threaten and harass co-workers and competitors in the fitness Community Stefan ran Beyond fit bikini a florida-based business dedicated to training and

coaching bodybuilders and bikini competitors however when a relationship with her business partner Soward she unleash her fury on the fitness Community stefans repeatedly contacted at least six people she called emailed texted and contacted them via social media over two years not only did she try to destroy their professional careers but she also threatened extreme violence against people's lives and their loved ones at one point she

alluded to being on her way to one of her victims houses with a weapon in one of her bizarre attempts at ruining a former business partner's reputation Stefan reported to police that the business partner left a headless doll on her front porch with a note stating it was for Stefan's kids she followed the Headless doll incident by reporting to police that someone had tried to kidnap

her young daughter according to Stefan someone grabbed her daughter's arm and attempted to drag the girl into a wooded area Stefan also claimed that her black laptop cover was left near the location of the alleged incident which had a notepad with Stefan's personal information inside him she tried to match the kidnapper's description to that of her former business partner but the partner had a strong Alibi

the police spoke to Stefan's daughter who asked officers what would happen to her if she told them the truth soon after authorities learned Stefan bought the same kind of notepad and laptop cover several days before the incident at her local Walmart they also found a witness who heard Stefan and a friend discussing their plan to leave the Headless doll on the porch when Stefan wasn't conducting

elaborate schemes she was creating social media accounts and sending endless intimidating messages she made at least 369 Instagram accounts filled with graphic threats in July 2018 shortly after the alleged kidnapping incident law enforcement arrested and charged her for filing a false police report tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and not taking care of her kid when she was in custody she called her daughter from a

recorded Jail phone line to convince her to tell the police that she was the one that made up the kidnapping plot she told her daughter that she wouldn't get in trouble if she admitted to lying but if the police thought Stefan was the one that made up the incident she would be deputies added witness tampering charges in response to the phone call Stefan's outrageous behavior stemmed

from her belief that her ex-business partner swayed the votes at a fitness competition she lost she called One Fitness business owner so many times that the company couldn't answer customer calls when the business stopped answering Stefan's calls she hacked the company's voicemail and changed the voicemail message to sounds that were particularly explicit although the police confirmed the allegations were untrue Stefan did everything she could to

tarnish her former partner's reputation and harass other competitors after Stefan's original arrest for filing a false police report authorities dug into her campaigns of intimidation and harassment a few months after her original stint in jail federal agents arrested her on stalking charges she pled guilty to cyber stocking and sending online threats and was sentenced to almost five years in prison number three strange motivation only fan

star Louisa Espinoza was arrested after an investigation into her account uncovered criminal activity the Ecuadorian social media influencer whose stage name is La Vampira meaning Vampire Woman was very popular on the social media platform she had been a dancer since she was young and had a successful five-year career as well as appearing in several reality TV shows although she had been successful her most lucrative Endeavor

was working on of Espinoza charged 30 per month to access her photos and videos subscribers were shocked when the content of her videos developed the Sinister tone she shared content involving minors and an additional video with a younger family member got into the hands of the media she also posted content to Twitter but admins quickly removed them Espinoza likely worked with two other people who filmed

her videos and helped her edit the material Ecuadorian police raided their properties and arrested the tree officers uncovered filming equipment electronic devices and 10 000 videos with explicit and illegal footage Espinoza faced up to 26 years behind bars number two the money saving committee micro influencer and entrepreneur Sidra who made conned several women out of millions of dollars in a Ponzi scheme who made whose social

media users and news outlets have referred to as the committee swindler was active in many social media groups where she raised funds sold artisanal items and presented herself as a devout Muslim she ran over a hundred Financial saving companies and popular and traditional form of informal Savings in Pakistan the country has a population of 220 million but only two out of 10 women have bank accounts

committees are a path to Financial Freedom for many Pakistani women and who made committees seemed like a great place to begin that Journey business owner Miriam joined one of hermaid's committees so that she could save for unexpected medical expenses she put in one thousand dollars but her money abruptly vanished Marion presumed it was money mismanagement but learned she was one of many others who had experience

the same thing who made took to Facebook to apologize for the situation acknowledging she had made a big mistake apparently she'd got caught in a Ponzi scheme where she lost more money than she could count she also stated clearly that she wasn't a scammer or someone that would steal from others the apology may have seemed more sincere if a maid hadn't been bragging on social media

days before committees were created in South Asia to offer women an opportunity to have their own Savings in a world where the banking system is often inaccessible to women a savings committee is often composed of dozens of people with one leader the leader holds monthly cash installments from each member and helps them work towards a shared goal for example if a group of 10 women want

to save fifteen hundred dollars they'll each contribute 75 dollars a month after two months there will be a lucky draw ballot and one member will get a payout of fifteen hundred dollars there's no interest in the payouts and financial experts generally consider committees a bad way way to save money as they don't account for recessions or other economic downturns however for most women in Pakistan committees

are a Lifeline Banks aren't usually welcoming to women in the country and opening an account is very difficult as the financial institutions want proof of income Bankers typically don't want to work with women or see them as high risk which makes them much less likely to give them access to financial guidance and services when women enter committees they don't need to hide cash at home which

their husbands or other family members could get their hands on committees are formed amongst groups of people that know and trust one another there's rarely a paper trail for a committee since it's an informal and flexible system which can be beneficial to members who suddenly need money before it's their turn committees can help open businesses fund education and provide emergency cash when they're correctly run however

in hermaid's case her committees were a big setback for women looking to establish themselves financially many social media users spoke out against the women that trusted who made claiming they should never have given money to someone through their social media account they also said they hoped who made victims learned not to trust an influencer with their money women often have to trust influencers with their money

as they have nowhere else to turn they can't trust the justice system and many feel the only option is to turn to committees who made tried to mitigate the harmful exposure by attempting to silence her victims with a string of threats since committees are founded on members trusting one another scamming members of her committees would have completely destroyed her reputation the victims didn't want to take

legal action as they feared they wouldn't be taken seriously and felt the only option wasn't out of court settlement recovering financially from the losses was far more complicated than just getting back their original investments victims often have to deal with owing money to other committee members and the Fallout from people that loan them money for their initial commitments who made contacted her investors to let them

know she was taking steps to pay everyone back it sounds like these women really need the help so we hope she comes through if you're enjoying this video be sure to stay tuned right here and don't click anywhere for our past best release for more dumb things that influencers do number one the typical profile social media influencer Vera Zinger seemed to live an exciting and glamorous

life until her arrest for possessing and supplying illegal substances police pulled over Zinger while she was on a road trip and found two grams of illegal substances and two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars in cash it would be hard to tell by zinger's social media post that she was having legal troubles and shared images of herself promoting a swimwear brand three days after the arrest

the Glamorous Instagram model earned a living by promoting products like skimpy swimwear to her followers she built her career by flashing her luxurious lifestyle and recently before the arrest shared pictures of her travels throughout Europe she posted pictures of herself in skimpy bikinis and stunning backdrops of places like Barcelona Mykonos and Santorini in the background zinger's arrest was part of a much bigger operation where police

took 84 people into custody over six days over Contraband Supply and distribution law enforcement claimed 46 of those arrested were dealers however Zinger was not included in that list some of the other people arrested included a taxi driver and a pregnant woman who had large amounts of powdery substances in their vehicle the pregnant woman attempted to hide the Contraband inside an empty energy drink can over

the course of the sting officers uncovered 350 grams of Contraband and 69 500 they didn't Target a specific location but observed people's behavior and targeted anyone that seemed suspicious Zinger didn't let her involvement in the sting slow down her career while she awaited her court hearing although if she was that hard up for cash a sugar daddy might have been better than turning to illegal activities

laughs here are a few people who completely exposed themselves number 10 David Guerra someone should have told David that you shouldn't post evidence of your crimes on social media this genius from San Antonio sells side posed for the camera holding cash guns and let's call it illegal substances because uh thanks YouTube sensors clearly David was looking for attention and he got it shortly after he posted

the images came to the attention of the Bexar County Sheriff's Department they sent three different divisions after Guerra and it didn't take long for them to find his car and pull him over in the car they found illegal substances a loaded gun and cash the sheriff's also found another man in the car with an urza Guerra they arrested them both we don't think they let you

post on Instagram from jail so we may not hear from them for a while number nine Paula Asher it was bad enough that a Kentucky Woman made the awful choice to drive drunk but when Paula Asher slammed into a car filled with four teenagers she made things even worse by driving away police inevitably caught up with her and charged her with four crimes driving Under the

Influence leaving the scene of an accident driving under the influence of alcohol and possession of a controlled substance Asher didn't keep quiet afterwards though her lawyer probably wishes she did in her Infinite Wisdom she decided to post on Facebook about how she got drunk and hit another car she made sure to end the post of the signature LOL it's one thing to make terrible choices it's

something entirely worse to laugh out loud about them on social media outraged family saw and shared the post with the judge in the case the judge was shall we say unhappy when judge Mary Jane Phelps saw Asher in court for the first time she told her to delete that Facebook account but Asher did not delete her Facebook account another in a series of unwise decisions when

the judge found out Asher was found in contempt of court and sentenced to spend two days in the county jail in another DUI or LOL moment Oregon teen Jacob Cox Brown had a serious wake-up call driving drunk he too joked about his crime on Facebook when he wrote drive and drunk classic but I am sorry to whoever's vehicle I hit he ended the post with a

sticking your tongue out Emoji two of his Facebook friends shared the post with police who promptly arrested Jacob when you post something like that you've got to assume it won't stay private for long number 8. Nicholas Grove he did not want to go to jail so when cops brought him in for booking he decided to run away he was originally arrested for stealing computers checks and

credit cards from an Oregon education District building Nicholas couldn't bear the thought of prison so as they were booking him he hopped over a counter and ran away Freedom didn't last long they scooped him back up later that summer and booked him successfully this time to await trial still Grove was determined Grove seized another opportunity in the wreck yard by climbing over the fence a fence

topped with razor wire and went on the run again this time he made it to Mexico maybe Nicholas thought that he was Andy defresne the character from the Shawshank Redemption who broke out of prison to live out his days in Mexico he wasn't if you watch the movie carefully you'll notice that Andy defresne never posted anything on Facebook but while Nicholas lived a life of freedom

in Mexico he just kept posting he posted selfies of himself in and around Cancun which made it pretty easy for police to find him once they got the info from Facebook a year and a half later U.S Marshals swooped into tele Mexico and picked up the fugitive they hauled him back to Oregon to face trial for his original crimes and a new one felony Escape he

got five years number seven Dakari mechaniff a Los Angeles man named Dakari mechaniff thought he cracked the code to get famous on social media for some reason he felt the secret to Twitter Fame involved showing the world your gun and aiming it at people then he said if he got 100 retweets he'd use it on someone it didn't take long for cops to figure out who

posted the image and caption on Twitter it also didn't take long for them to arrest mechanic and bring him to jail we don't know how long it'll take for this Los Angeles sniper to learn his lesson but we doubt he'll post about it when he does number six Orlando Henderson he just loved to flaunt his luxury Lifestyle on social media he took pictures of himself next

to his brand new Mercedes and posted them claiming to be building his brand he also posted pictures of himself holding huge stacks of cash while he posted like a famous rapper Orlando was a lowly bank teller in North Carolina we're not sure how many likes he got but we do know the FBI were not his biggest fans however Henderson was pretty be brave and is bought

to Rob his own bank he just walked into the Vault grabbed people's cash and deposited it into his account at an ATM around the corner in all he made off with 88 thousand dollars he put twenty thousand down to buy the new Mercedes that he proudly posed with a four social media once the FBI got involved Orlando's life of luxury came crumbling down Orlando was charged

with a few counts of fraud in 19 separate counts of theft and embezzlement with decades in prison and millions of dollars in fines heading his way Orlando probably wishes he stayed off social media find out more about Orlando by clicking here number five Lee Van Bryan after a long flight from London Lee Van Bryan landed in Los Angeles with his friend Emily bunting Lee and Emily

made it through passport control however less than friendly Homeland Security agents prevented them from taking another step in this case it wasn't that Lee and Emily had done something it wasn't even that they were planning to do something instead border agents detained and grilled them over some cheeky tweets Lee posted before traveling to La before leaving he posted about how he would destroy America and dig

up Marilyn Monroe's grave not exactly wise but still just a tweet what the Border agents didn't understand according to Lee is that destroy is slang for party so when he tweeted that he was going to destroy America he was talking about partying oh and he didn't mean it when he tweeted three weeks prior that they were going to Hollywood Boulevard to upset people and dig up

Marilyn Monroe's grave In fairness maybe it was all a big misunderstanding it seems likely that Lee and Emily were traveling to LA to have fun party and as they pointed out to the Border agents digging up Marilyn Monroe's grave as a joke he lifted from the show Family Guy the Department of Homeland Security was having none of it though so instead of a hearty welcome to

America they got a trip and a police van and an overnight stay in a holding cell Lee met some nice men in his holding self who were allegedly huge and covered with tattoos they told him they'd been arrested for smuggling substances into the country then they took his dinner the next day it was back to the airport for Lee and his friend where they were sent

home on a jet number four Dominic alfonseca Dominic will have you know he's the victim in this story all he did was walk into a bank and ask for some money he smiled at the teller and handed her a note he said please and thank you what we know at this point is that Dominic was a very polite bank robber his note though was a little

more urgent it said he needed the money right now because it only takes the police three or four minutes to arrive then it said to Ring the Alarm a minute after he's gone and make sure the money doesn't blow up on his way out he even put a little smiley face at the end he walked out with a bag full of cash and was arrested 22

minutes later alfonseca didn't waste those 22 minutes that was all the time he needed to make a couple of Instagram posts sharing videos of the robbery and a photo of the note he's given the teller the reason why alfonseca believed he was the victim is pretty simple you never threatened the teller or anyone else he just politely asked for the money it's not his fault she

was generous nothing to do with the fact that he was an aspiring rapper who posted the phone photo and videos for exposure not one to miss an opportunity alphonseca took some time in a jailhouse interview to give shout outs to Michelle Obama Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga number three Augustine Drew on a sunny January afternoon on Staten Island Augustine made a little clip for his Instagram

followers he filmed himself strolling down the sidewalk and chatting with a postal service worker then he filmed himself walking into a bank and telling a cashier how lovely she was he was careful to say he was a one-woman man but if he weren't he would marry her finally Augustine turned to the room and shouted at the top of his lungs this is a robbery then he

left Augustine didn't stick around to get any money if he had things would have gotten a lot worse for him even so the police were happy to charge him with several crimes in a hilarious twist this was the Second Bank he quote robbed that day he also had an open case from 2018 in which he walked into another bank and pulled the same stunt in the

end he was charged with reckless endangerment police also found a little bit of weed on him which was still illegal at the time number two harim Shah some people never learn take this Pakistani Tick-Tock star for instance in 2019 Shaw filmed herself in the conference room of Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs something that's strictly forbidden if she just kept quiet she'd probably get away with it

but in January of 2022 she did it again Sean posted pics of herself after arriving in London carrying loads of cash in the video she claimed she brought it illegally from her native Pakistan this time though she took things even further she told her followers that even though they should be careful if they did something like that it was easy for her and they could not

stop her she even said that in Pakistan the laws are only for the poor we can't say for sure if Charlotte learn from this still nobody likes a gloater this time the outrage was loud enough that Pakistan's feds launched a money laundering investigation into Shaw's activity that's when things got uncomfortable a prominent Pakistani politician stepped forward in Shaw's defense in an unexpected twist Daniel Malik a

former candidate for one of Pakistan's larger political parties and a businessman in London told the press that the cash was his and he'd loaned it to Shaw as a friend so she could make a fun little video for the internet according to Danielle the catch was all for legitimate business and Shaw did nothing wrong this must be true when has a politician ever stretched the truth

number one Andrew hennels Andrew went on Facebook and posted about his plan to Rob his local Tesco Supermarket he must have made the post moments before walking into the store because just 15 minutes later police had him in custody he managed to steal a getaway car in that short window and drove to a local pub and police picked him up they found the weapon he used

to threaten the clerk and the 400 pounds he'd stolen from the store the police seemed grateful for the Facebook post to then the pitchers and posts confirmed what they already knew comment section if you had to choose only one social media platform to use