‘Pathetic Loser’ Bureaucrat Allegedly Bullied 12-Year-Old Girl Into Sending Nude Pics
A government employee at Veterans Affairs in Florida has been arrested for intimidating a 12-year-old girl into sending him nude photos, then circulating that to fellow students.
The months-long investigation into Thomas Zayas—a 45-year-old father—involved the FBI, VA investigators, and Orlando’s local sheriff’s office is described in federal court documents.
Zayas is accused of faking an online persona, “Romeo,” on WhatsApp and trying to groom a middle school girl into a predatory sexual relationship last summer. When the girl rebuffed his advances, he then allegedly created another account—Romeo’s fake sister “Millie,” an aggressive MMA fighter—to intimidate the girl into sending naked pictures of herself. Weeks later, those pictures made their way to other students along with bullying accusations that the girl had sexually transmitted diseases.
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