Ammon News - An Illinois man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to phishing the Snapchat access codes of nearly 600 women in order to hack their accounts and steal photos, which he kept, sold or traded on the internet.

Kyle Svara, 26, pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to charges including computer fraud and aggravated identity theft in a case that spilled out of an earlier prosecution of a former Northeastern University track-and-field coach who paid him to hack the accounts of student athletes and other women.

Prosecutors agreed under a plea deal, opens new tab to recommend that Svara receive three years in prison when he is sentenced on May 18.

Reuters