The “King of Instagram” who flaunted supercars, private jets and parties with naked women, has been arrested by US immigration officers.
Farzad “Tony” Toutouni, 55, was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Los Angeles.
The Iranian citizen became an online celebrity through his provocative @lunatic_living account, which attracted more than one million followers at its height.
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Toutouni rose to prominence during Instagram’s early influencer era in the mid-2010s, as reported by Need To Know.
His feed offered followers a window into an apparently extravagant life filled with exotic cars, luxury aircraft, mansions, piles of cash and scantily clad models.
Pictures showed him alongside Rolls-Royces, Bentleys, Ferraris and Lamborghinis, as well as aboard private jets and surrounded by nude or scantily dressed women.
ICE announced his arrest on 9 November, dubbing him the Iranian “King of Instagram”.
The agency said Toutouni, who has also used the name Robert, first entered the US legally in 1983.
An immigration judge ordered him to be removed from the country in 1993, but the order was not carried out at the time, according to officials.
Another removal order was made in 1999 and Toutouni was subsequently deported to Mexico.
The agency said Toutouni later claimed he re-entered the US unlawfully near Saint Clair, Michigan, in April 2011.
He allegedly told officials that he crossed a river from Canada using an electric raft he had bought there.
ICE said Toutouni’s criminal record dated back to 1989 and included arrests for alleged criminal threats, criminal conspiracy and possession and sale of a controlled substance.
The agency said he was sentenced to more than 16 months for offences including making or passing a fictitious cheque, access-card theft, conspiracy, forgery, kidnapping, robbery and extortion.
No new criminal charge connected with his latest arrest was announced.
Toutouni remains in ICE custody while removal proceedings get underway.
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