A Santa Monica man was sentenced to 2 years and 3 months in prison on August 21 for exposing personal information of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lawyer online and harassing the individual.
According to reports from the City News Agency, 69-year-old Gregory Curcio pleaded guilty in June this year, admitting to violating a law aimed at protecting certain official personnel. Court documents showed that in February 2025, Curcio posted on Facebook labeling the lawyer as an ICE agent, revealing their address and instructing others to engage in “Swatting.”
The U.S. Federal Prosecutor’s Office stated that Curcio also disclosed the lawyer’s private information through another social media account under his control.
“Doxxing” refers to the malicious act of publicly disclosing someone’s private or identifiable information online. “Swatting” is a form of harassment that involves making false emergency calls to law enforcement or emergency services, falsely claiming a serious crisis or crime at a specific location to prompt a large response of law enforcement personnel.
Curcio had previously lived in the same apartment building in Santa Monica as the lawyer’s mother. Authorities mentioned that the ICE lawyer stated she had never met Curcio, but he had been harassing and threatening her mother for years. The criminal indictment stated that since at least January 2024, Curcio had made false accusations against the victim and her family and engaged in a series of harassment actions.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli of the Federal Prosecutor’s Office released a statement when Curcio was arrested, saying, “Contrary to the misguided beliefs of some, doxxing federal agents and employees is not a harmless crime. It jeopardizes the personal safety of the agents and their families and is also a federal offense.”
Federal law prohibits the public disclosure of protected individuals, including certain personal information of federal government employees. Restricted personal information includes the victim’s social security number, home address, residential phone number, cell phone number, and private email address.