Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have arrested the Iranian “King of Instagram,” who posted provocative photos of nude models and luxury cars on social media for his more than one million followers, the New York Post reports.
Iranian national Farzad “Tony” Tutuni, 55, was arrested on October 27 in Los Angeles after illegally entering the United States from Canada. U.S. authorities also accuse him of an alleged series of crimes dating back to 1989, including kidnapping, robbery and extortion.
Tutuni, who lived in a $5 million mansion in the Hollywood Hills, had built an image on Instagram as a man leading a lavish and hedonistic lifestyle. He posted photos of piles of cash, naked women and wild parties, while simultaneously evading immigration authorities.
The social media star frequently shared life advice with his followers, alongside content featuring scantily clad women in luxurious surroundings and entire collections of expensive cars. In his online biography, he described himself as a self-made entrepreneur and a “Pelvis Philanthropist.”
“I live every day as if it were my last!” he wrote in a post last year. In the photo, he is sitting in a private jet with three women on his lap, while stacks of $100 bills are spread across the table in front of him.
“Life is great without a woman,” reads the caption of another photo, which shows the tattooed Iranian shirtless in a luxury apartment on one of the building’s upper floors. He is carrying a naked woman over his shoulder while casually reaching for food on a plate with his other hand.
“True inspiration,” one of his followers wrote in the comments.
Investigators claim that Tutuni, who also used the name “Robert,” committed a series of serious crimes in the United States after legally arriving in the country in 1983.
According to ICE officials, he was arrested on charges involving criminal threats, criminal conspiracy, and the possession and sale of controlled substances.
He was also sentenced to more than 16 months in prison for forging or passing a counterfeit check, grand theft, conspiracy, document forgery, kidnapping, robbery and extortion, officials said.
An immigration judge ordered his deportation in 1993, but he managed to remain in the United States, according to authorities. Another judge ordered his deportation again in 1999, after which he was deported to Mexico, U.S. officials claim.
According to ICE, Tutuni stated that he illegally re-entered the United States around April 4, 2011, near St. Clair, Michigan, crossing the river on an electric raft he had previously purchased in Canada.
In the meantime, he built an image as a lover of a hedonistic lifestyle, which he proudly displayed on social media. In one of his more recent series of posts, he showed himself celebrating at the Burning Man festival, surrounded by attractive women in an extravagant camp featuring a custom-built camper and a trailer decorated with psychedelic designs.
“I’m glad I experienced it, but it’s not something I would ever want to do again,” he said, referring to the wild desert festival.
ICE officials said that Tutuni is currently being held in federal custody as authorities begin proceedings to deport him from the United States.
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