IT worker sued over ‘vengeful’ cyber harassment of policeman who issued a jaywalking ticket

A civil complaint alleges that an IT employee, John Christopher Spatafore, launched a sustained, targeted cyber harassment and sextortion campaign against a Fresno police officer and his family after a jaywalking ticket in 2019. The complaint reports password-reset attempts, thousands of fraudulent inquiries to companies, false police reports traced to an IP at the employee’s hospital employer, alleged attempts to access home Wi‑Fi and medical records, impersonation resulting in terminated city services, and subsequent civil suits against the employee and his employer; criminal charges were later dismissed after completion of a mental‑health diversion program.