SANTA ANA—A U.S. marshal from Brea, Calif. faces federal cyberstalking charges for allegedly framing his ex-fiancee, causing her to be wrongly arrested by Anaheim police and charged with stalking and attempted rape, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced May 14. An indictment returned May 12 in Santa Ana alleges that Ian R. Diaz and his former wife posed as the ex-fiancee and, in that guise, sent to themselves harassing and threatening email messages containing apparent threats to harm his then-wife. Diaz, 43, faces one federal count each of conspiracy to commit cyberstalking, cyberstalking and perjury, according to the DOJ. Prosecutors allege that Diaz solicited and lured men found through Craigslist to engage in so-called rape fantasies in an attempt to stage a purported sexual assault on Diaz’s then-wife, and staged one or more hoax sexual assaults and attempted sexual assaults on the woman. Diaz and his then-wife reported the …
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