If you have been a victim of a mugshot website, or you simply don’t agree with mugshot extortion websites here are four things you can do today to help put an end to the practice.
1 File a complaint with your state’s attorney general. Filing a complaint with you state attorney puts on record the violation of your privacy by a mugshot publisher who puts your information online.
2. File a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission.
3. Contact the FBI’s internet crime unit. Let them know you think it is a crime and a form of internet-enabled extortion or cyberbullying.
4. You can also join together with other victims of mugshots.com on their Facebook group, organized by Jimmy Thompson.