by december 2011 , with the deal in place , evens in january “ hack all week for me .
but to keep populating the site with new images , moore allegedly instructed evens to hack email accounts to steal private photos , for which he paid evens $ 200 a week via paypal .
moore ’s site began discussing the arrangement in 2011 via email .
agents with the federal bureau of investigation arrested hunter moore , 27 , of woodland , calif. , near sacramento , and charles evens , 25 , of studio city , calif. , without incident at their respective homes .
the two have been charged with 15 counts , including charges for hacking and identity theft .
if convicted , moore and evens each face a maximum of up to five years in federal prison on the conspiracy
“ i do n’t know how you can point a finger at me ; you took two california men – including the creator and operator of a so - called “ revenge porn ” website -- were charged thursday with computer crimes and id theft stemming from an alleged conspiracy to hack into email accounts and steal nude photos that were later posted on the internet site .
“ the moral of the story is that his revenge porn site was n’t a good enough business model , and that he had to engage in illegal activity to populate the site with pictures , ” said wes hsu , assistant u.s. attorney for the central district of california and head of the office ’s cyber and intellectual property crime section .
moore and alleged hacker to steal nude photos of hundreds of victims .