By Jorge Casuso
September 24, 2025 -- A Santa Monica man could face up to five years in federal prison for allegedly "doxxing" an attorney at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Justice Department announced Tuesday.
Gregory John Curcio, 68, was arrested Monday and charged with violating a federal law that protects individuals performing certain official duties from having their personal information made public.
The complaint alleges that Curcio "made false allegations and engaged in a campaign to harass the victim and her family beginning from at least January 2024."
Curcio made his initial appearance Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, where a federal magistrate judge ordered him jailed without bond and scheduled his arraignment for October 14, Justice officials said.
“Contrary to what some misguided individuals think, doxxing federal agents and employees is not a harmless crime,” Acting United States Attorney Bill Essayli said in a statement.
“It endangers the agent’s personal safety and that of their family. It’s also a federal crime. If convicted, this defendant will face up to five years in a federal prison cell.”
According to an affidavit filed with the complaint, Curcio created a Facebook post in February in which he identified the victim "as an ICE agent, posted her home address, and directed others to 'swat' her at that address."
Curio also posted the victim’s home address on another social media account he controlled with instructions to swat the victim, according to the affidavit.
A form of harassment, “swatting” often involves "placing a false emergency call to law enforcement or emergency responders, often reporting a false ongoing crisis or crime at a specific location to prompt a significant law enforcement response," Justice officials said.
The victim told authorities that Curcio is a former resident at her mother’s apartment building in Santa Monica.
"She said she never met Curcio, but he had harassed and threatened her mother for years," officials said.
Federal law prohibits making certain personal information about covered persons public, including a victim’s Social Security number, home address, home phone number, mobile phone number and personal email address.
On Saturday, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill sponsored by Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) that makes it a crime for specified law enforcement officers to wear masks when carrying out their duties
Under SB 627, law enforcement agencies must adopt policies prohibiting "the unnecessary use of masks, with specified exemptions, by July 1, 2026," Newsom wrote in his signing message.
"For the safety of both the public and law enforcement, Californians must know that they are interacting with legitimate law enforcement officers, rather than masked vigilantes," the Governor wrote.
The U.S. Department of Homelaand Security called on Newssom to veto the bill, saying the "attacks and demonization" of law enforcement is fueling an increase in assaults against them.
"Forcing officers to show their full faces puts them and their families at risk of being doxed and targeted by vicious criminals, including gang members, terrorists, cartel members, and murderers," DHS wrote in a statement.