Alexander McCartney's litany of crimes between 2013 and 2019 has been described as "the UK's largest catfishing case".

One of his catfishing attacks, which occurred on social media platforms, led to the suicide of a 12-year-old US girl.

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Along with 185 charges, Alexander McCartney was charged with manslaughter after West Virginia girl Cimarron Thomas, 12, shot herself as the predator threatened blackmail online.

An online predator who drove one of his catfish victims in the US to take her own life has been jailed for at least 20 years. Alexander McCartney, 26, who admitted 185 charges involving 70 children, ...

A prolific "catfish" offender whose cruel campaign of global online blackmail targeted thousands of young victims and drove a ...