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.

An Illinois man tried to hack the Snapchat accounts of hundreds of women to steal their photos, federal prosecutors alleged.

The defendant reportedly stole nude images of hundreds of women after gaining access to their accounts.

A man facing federal charges is accused of hacking more than 500 women's Snapchat accounts in Illinois, Maine and ...