Registered sex offender jailed after setting up Tinder profile
A registered sex offender jailed for duping young women has been given another four months behind bars after he set up a Tinder profile.
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A sordid sex scammer caught breaching parole by setting up a Tinder profile has been given another four months behind bars.
The pervert, who had been jailed for deceiving young women into performing indecent acts on webcams before tricking them into actual sex, is on the Sex Offender’s Register for life.
In a 2012 County Court appearance it was revealed he would pose as an “adult services” boutique owner before filming his victims and then duping them into having sex with him at his home.
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After being paroled he was meant to let authorities know about every email account, internet access and phone app he had.
But in a raid last year they found he had set up a dating profile, violating strict court conditions.
Steve Onnis, 42, appeared via videolink at Frankston Magistrates’ Court yesterday, pleading guilty to charges of breaching parole and failing to comply with reporting obligations.
The court heard on September 1 last year authorities raided his Rye home and took away a number of electronic devices.
They found he had a mobile phone with internet access, a Tinder profile and an email account, all in violation of his court orders.
There had been thousands of email, internet and tinder accesses between July 20, 2017 and August 31, 2017.
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He was arrested as he had breached parole, and sent back inside to serve the rest of his sentence.
In court his defence lawyer said when he reactivated a former email account on an old phone it had inadvertently revived previous apps, including an old Tinder profile.
She said he only reactivated the email set up to link to Google calendar and there were no searches connected to previous offending or previous victims.
Magistrate Timothy Gattuso said the breaches were serious, especially in light of the reasons why he was on the register for life.
Onnis was sentenced to four months to serve on top of his current jail term.
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