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

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.

BOSTON, MA — An Illinois man has been charged in Boston federal court for reportedly hacking the Snapchat social media ...