An Illinois man faces federal charges for allegedly hacking the Snapchat accounts of nearly 600 women and stealing nude ...

U.S. prosecutors have charged an Illinois man with orchestrating a phishing operation that allowed him to hack the Snapchat accounts of nearly 600 women to steal private photos and sell them online.

The Department of Justice accuses Kyle Svara, 26, of downloading pictures from Snapchat and selling or trading them online.

An Illinois man tried to hack the Snapchat accounts of hundreds of women to steal their photos, federal prosecutors alleged.