LOS ANGELES, CA - The party is over for the so-called “King of Instagram,” an Iranian illegal who had been living in the United States for years and defied Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) by posting photos with naked models and exotic cars to his followers, The New York Post reports.
Farzad “Tony” Toutouni, 55, was arrested in Los Angeles on Oct. 27 by ICE agents years after illegally entering the U.S. from Canada. Toutouni engaged in a crime spree dating back to 1989 that includes kidnapping, robbery, and extortion, authorities said.
Toutouni lived in a $5 million mansion in the Hollywood Hills and, according to The Post, “flaunted his racy lifestyle online under the Instagram handle @lunatic_living, posting photos of cash, nude women, and wild parties—all while ducking immigration agents.”
Toutouni, who fancied himself a purveyor of self-help advice, provided advice to his followers, often posting content featuring scantily clad women in “luxurious settings” with hot rod cars while referring to himself as an entrepreneur and “Pelvis Philanthropist” in an online biography.
“I live my life like it’s my last day every day!” boasted one Instagram post from last year portraying Toutouni sitting in a private jet with three women sitting on his lap and bundles of $100 bills stacked on a table in the foreground, The Post reported.
“No wife great wife,” was captioned to another photo showing the shirtless illegal sitting in a high-rise apartment surrounded by naked women.
According to investigators, Toutouni arrived in the United States illegally in 1983 and then engaged in committing a series of serious crimes. He has been arrested for criminal threats, criminal conspiracy, and possession and sale of a controlled substance, ICE officials said.
The now-deposed “King of Instagram” had previously been sentenced to more than 16 months in prison for making or passing a fictitious check, grand theft, conspiracy, forgery, kidnapping, robbery, and extortion, officials said.
Toutouni was ordered removed from the country by an immigration judge in 1993; however, he managed to stay in the U.S., authorities said. In 1999, he was again ordered removed by an immigration judge and deported to Mexico.
Toutouni admitted reentering the United States illegally on or about April 4, 2011, near Saint Clair, Michigan, by crossing a river using an electric raft purchased in Canada, ICE officials said.
Toutouni made no effort to hide from officials and posted about his exploits online. For example, he posted about being at Burning Man with several women and a campsite featuring a custom RV and trailer.
Toutouni said that he was happy about that experience but “it’s not something I would ever do again.”
ICE officials said the former “king” is being held in federal custody as authorities begin steps to once again eject him from the U.S.
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