The Brief Mark Asea, 36, was arrested on Wednesday on a felony count of offense against a computer user. The allegation traces back to an April investigation that led to an arrest at the time, but the case was later dropped. Asea is accused of making TikTok posts with personal information taken from the phones or computers of two women he knew.



A Florida man who is accused of accessing women's personal information, including private chats and banking details, and posting about them on TikTok is back behind bars and faces a new charge.

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Court records show Mark Asea, 36, was taken into custody Wednesday at his Port St. Lucie home on a felony count of offense against a computer user. The allegation traces back to an investigation launched earlier this year that resulted in three counts against him that were later dropped.

The backstory:

In April, Asea was booked into the St. Lucie County jail on two counts of fraud and abuse via computer access and a single count of stalking following an investigation by the Port St. Lucie Police Department. All three counts were dropped in early May, and the case was closed later that month. According to court records, it was reopened four months later, on September 24, with the new allegation added that day.

The original affidavit against Asea explained how he may have obtained some of the information he allegedly accessed and gave an account of the details of posts he made to his account on TikTok. The affidavit noted that, at the time of the initial investigation, Asea described himself in his bio as a  Narcissistic abuse survivor. Former satanist. Empath. Cybersecurity engineer. Woodsman. 


The TikTok videos

In one of the videos, Asea is quoted as referring to one of the victim's passwords, as well as an IMEI number and MAC address, before going on to discuss the last ten online purchases that she made. She noted that she does not get emailed receipts of online purchases, which indicated to her that he was able to access her banking information.

The victim als

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