A former GW student was sentenced to 30 months in prison Wednesday for threatening to distribute illegally obtained nude photos of more than a dozen women.

Adam Savader, 22, pled guilty in November to cyberstalking and extortion after allegedly sending anonymous and threatening messages to 14 women two years ago, according to court documents.

Savader transferred to GW as a sophomore in fall 2010 and attended through spring 2012.

Judge Marianne Battani said he caused the women emotional distress, the Associated Press reported.

The investigation launched last year after a victim approached police in Ann Arbor, Mich. and reported that a hacker had obtained nude photos of her through her email.

Savader hacked 14 email accounts and obtained nude photos from them in 2012, according to court documents. He then created several anonymous Google Voice phone numbers and sent them messages threatening to share the images with their friends and family unless they sent him more.

The Republican activist from New York was involved with the College Republicans during his time at GW and was featured in a GW Today article for his work on Newt Gingrich’s 2012 presidential campaign.

Last year, Savader had more than a dozen photos of himself posing with Republican politicians and pundits on Facebook, according to Slate.com.

This post was updated Wednesday, April 23 at 9:35 p.m. to reflect the following corrections:
A previous headline reported that Savader was sentenced to 30 years. The sentence was, in fact, 30 months. The Hatchet also incorrectly reported that the women who were cyberstalked were from Michigan when in fact, they were from several American cities. We regret these errors.