Paytsar Bkhchadzhyan is a hacker residing in Los Angeles, California.

In May 2018 she was sentenced to 5 years in prison after stealing $130,000 and naked photos of Paris Hilton.

^{[1] [10]}Paris Hilton was present at the sentencing and said that she felt "justice was served."

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According to a probation report, Paystar Bkhchadzyhan was the girlfriend of Sevak Mesrobian who is a member of the Armenian Power gang and goes by the moniker of "40."

He resides in Glendale, California a suburb of Los Angeles.

^[3]The couple have a two-year-old son together, who Bkhchadzhyan called 'the love of her life' in her sentencing submission.

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Bkhchadzhyan also submitted to the court she had been a drug addict since her early teens, but was attending a drug addiction treatment program.

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Between 2015 and 2017, Paytsar Bkhchadzhyan hacked into the accounts of Paris Hilton as well as those of her father Rick Hilton and her sister Nicky Hilton in an attempt to steal passwords and other belongings of Paris, according to court documents which detailed the crimes but did not mention the victims who were later identified as Paris Hilton and her family.

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During this time, she managed to steal $130,000 and several nude photos although it is unclear what she did with the material.

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Bkhchadzhyan also gained access to Paris Hilton's email and impersonated her by instructing Paris's assistant to wire transfer $80,000 to one of Bkhchadzhyan's accounts.

The scammer also used Paris's credit cards to make $40,000 reservations for a 2015 New Year's Eve party at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.

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On Monday, May 7, 2018 Paytsar Bkhchadzhyan was sentenced to 57 months in prison for hacking Paris Hilton

to steal $130,000 and naked photos from her.

^[3]Bkhchadzhyan pleaded guilty to bank fraud conspiracy in November 2017.

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Paris Hilton was present at the sentencing and said that she felt "justice was served."

She also said that Bkhchadzhyan "got what she deserved".

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Bkhchadzhyan has multiple previous criminal convictions.

On February 25, 2016 she was sentenced after pleading no contest to a felony count of identity theft.

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In April 2016, the Federal Bureau of Investigation authorities obtained a search warrant forcing Paystar Bkhchadzhyan to press her finger against an iPhone that had been seized from her boyfriend Sevak Mesrobian's home in Glendale, California.

The phone contained Apple's fingerprint identification system for unlocking, and prosecutors wanted access to the data inside it.

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