By [ALEX RASKIN, US SPORTS NEWS EDITOR](/profile-148/alex-raskin.html)
Published: 19:02 GMT, 16 March 2026 | Updated: 19:13 GMT, 16 March 2026
An incarcerated Georgia felon is facing federal sex-trafficking, identity-theft and computer-fraud charges for allegedly posing as an online porn star to target NFL and [NBA](/sport/nba/index.html) players in a phishing scam.
Kwamaine Jerell Ford, 34, was convicted of computer fraud and aggravated identify theft over a similar $325,000 scheme in 2019. Now, according to US attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg, Ford is accused of creating fake online personas 'to traffic a young woman and coerce her to produce hidden camera videos of commercial sex acts with unknowing individuals.'
Ford has pleaded not guilty to nine counts of wire fraud, seven counts of computer fraud, one count of access device fraud, four counts of aggravated identity theft, and a count of sex trafficking. He has been ordered to be held without bail pending trial.
The NFL and NBA players who are believed to have been ensnared by the scheme have not been identified publicly.
A booking photo for Ford is currently unavailable.
The scheme allegedly began in 2020, according to the Justice Department’s press release, which claims Ford used a ‘two-pronged approach.’
Posing online as an adult film star, Ford offered to send sexually explicit photos to athletes.
Meanwhile, Ford had successfully spoofed Apple customer service accounts, according to the DOJ, which claims he then used the fake identities to trick victims into sending him usernames, passwords and even multifactor authentication codes.
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NFL players who are alleged to have been ensnared by the scheme haven't been identified