Twin sisters have revealed how they tracked down their serial cyberstalker who posted their nude photos on the internet and eventually had him sent to federal prison.
Madison and Christine Conradis endured a decade of harassment after discovering their intimate images posted on 4chan – followed by a series of bullying messages sent to them by anonymous social media accounts.
Despite the police’s refusal, the sisters continued their fight, which ended last December. Their cyberstalker – a man they both knew well – has been jailed, reports the Washington Post.
Christopher Buonocore – who had attended college with the sisters and even attended one of their weddings – was the man behind the years-long harassment campaign, posting online thousands of times intimate images of six women.
He was sent to federal prison for 15 years for these crimes. But this was only possible thanks to the twin sisters’ tenacious intuition, their research on the Internet and their determination to help other women in their situation.
Madison and Christine Conradis endured a decade of harassment after discovering their intimate images posted on 4chan – followed by a series of bullying messages sent to them by anonymous social media accounts.
Justice was served thanks to the twin sisters’ tenacious intuition, their research on the Internet and their determination to help other women in their situation.
Christopher Buonocore – who had attended college with the sisters and even attended one of their weddings – was the man behind the years-long harassment campaign, posting thousands of times online intimate images of six women.
Madison found out 10 years ago, when she was 24, that her nude pictures were posted on the illegal 4chan website. The photos were also sent to his father, his friends and his boss.
Despite the harassment, Madison, Florida police told Madison what she was experiencing was not criminal and there was nothing they could do.
But as the torment continued and Madison received Facebook messages from anonymous accounts demanding new photos, her sister Christine, who had just passed the bar, decided to step in where law enforcement had failed. managed to help him.
In 2016, Madison also started dating her new boyfriend Jeffrey Geiger. During a trip to the Florida Keys, she posted a sunset on her Snapchat story, which was seen by 39 people.
The next morning, she received a message from one of the anonymous harassment accounts saying, “You’re having a good time in the keys, I see. Madison went through the 39 names who saw the photo and picked one: Christopher Buonocore.
A year later, as Madison’s relationship with Geiger soured, she realized that new footage of her was being posted on 4chan. They were nude pictures she had sent to her boyfriend.
Boudoir pictures of Christine, which she had sent to her husband, were also published. Geiger had accessed it via Dropbox.
That’s when the twins confronted Geiger, who allegedly confessed to contacting the anonymous harassment accounts and sending them the new nude images of his girlfriend and sister.
Geiger left a handwritten note for Christine, a copy of which she included in the court records: “I’m an idiot and I don’t deserve your sister. I’m not asking you to forget or look beyond what I did.
The sisters were receiving strange texts from anonymous accounts threatening to spread their images further.
As the torment continued and Madison received Facebook messages from anonymous accounts demanding new photos, her sister Christine, who had just passed the bar, decided to step in where law enforcement had failed. managed to help him.
In September 2018, the sisters filed a lawsuit against Geiger and “John Doe,” alleging invasion of privacy and intentional emotional distress.
“I just hope that one day you will forgive me. … I swear on everyone I love that I was only trying to help.
In September 2018, the sisters filed a civil lawsuit against Geiger and “John Doe,” alleging invasion of privacy and intentional emotional distress.
Basically, their main goal was to open discovery – which would allow them to subpoena 4chan and get the IP addresses to report John Doe – the person Geiger had sent the photos to and then uploaded their nudes to the site. website.
On their own accord, the sisters started following and noticing punctuation and spelling quirks on 4chan posts to see if there were any common similarities and to see if their stalker was doing this too. other women.
Christine and Madison realized that someone with the same username seemed to be behind other malicious nude posts from four other women.
When the twins searched for these women on Facebook, they found that they all had a connection in common, Chris Buonocore.
Buonocore, from Long Island, went to Florida Institute of Technology with Christine and was a member of the same fraternity as Christine’s future husband.
He had attended Christine’s wedding in March 2017 – at the height of the harassment.
Madison told The Washington Post, “I never even had any interaction with him at their wedding, but he was definitely there.”
The sisters then researched who the other four victims were. One was Buonocore’s ex-girlfriend, another was his underage relative, the third was his childhood friend, and the fourth was his ex-fiancée.
The ex-girlfriend told the sisters that she had been sexually harassed by him since 2013 and also tried to have the photos of her on 4chan taken down.
Buonocore’s parent was 14 in 2016 when he shared photos of her in her school uniform on 4chan. He asked other users for advice on how to get her to send him nudes.
He said he wanted to have sex with her, per the plea agreement. In one message, he wrote, “I have a strong desire to see her get raped” and he offered to pay someone to do it, the plea deal seen by WaPo says.
The third victim, Buonocore’s childhood friend, said he obtained a shirtless photo of her when she was 15 and posted it online, according to documents.
The fourth wife was Buonocore’s ex-fiancée. After their separation, he posted intimate photos of her online – and she only found out when contacted by the twins.
Still turned down by law enforcement, Christine used her new knowledge as a lawyer and prepared a 59-page document explaining the whole case.
It included all of the evidence found for the six women, as well as ways to circumvent the strict legal restrictions that police departments consistently turned them down for.
Using the dossier, all of the women demanded a criminal investigation from their respective investigators.
During his November 2021 trial in Tampa, U.S. District Judge Thomas Barber sentenced Buonocore to 15 years in federal prison.
In Manatee County, Florida, the case was eventually passed on to federal investigators, and in July 2019 the FBI took over as evidence showed it was a case of interstate cyberstalking.
Months later, thanks to their previous civil case, Madison and Christine also got one last crucial bit of information. They received the poster’s IP addresses and contact details from 4chan.
In April 2020, internet service providers confirmed that it was Christopher Buonocore who posted the intimate images.
The civil case concluded with the the sisters settle with Geiger for an undisclosed amount, and the judge orders Buonocore to remove and destroy the footage of Madison and Christine.
As for the criminal case, the US Attorney for the Middle District of Florida charged Buonocore with six counts of cyberstalking in December 2020 – as there was no federal criminalization for revenge porn.
He pleaded guilty to all counts.
During his November 2021 trial in Tampa, U.S. District Judge Thomas Barber sentenced Buonocore to 15 years in federal prison.
That was four years longer than the prosecutor had requested – and far longer than the plea deal Buonocore was trying to make.
