Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have captured the Iranian ‘King of Instagram,’ who posted scandalous photos with naked models and exotic cars for his more than one million followers online.
Iranian citizen Farzad “Tony” Toutouni, 55, was arrested in Los Angeles on Oct. 27 by ICE agents after his illegal entry into the US from Canada — and an alleged crime spree dating back to 1989 that includes kidnapping, robbery and extortion, authorities said.
Toutouni, who lived in a $5 million mansion in the Hollywood Hills, 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.
The social media celebrity often doled advice to his followers with content featuring scantily clad women in luxurious settings and fleets of fast cars, describing himself as a self-made entrepreneur and “Pelvis Philanthropist” in an online biography.
“I live my life like it’s my last day every day!,” reads one Instagram post last year that shows Toutouni sitting in a private jet with three women in his lap and bundles of $100 bills placed in a stack on a table in the foreground.
“No wife great wife,” reads the caption to another photo that shows the tattooed Iranian standing shirtless in a swanky high-rise apartment, with a naked woman slung over his shoulder as he calmy picks food from a plate he’s holding his other hand.
“Tru inspiration,” one follower responded to the post.
Investigators say Toutouni, who also used the first name “Robert,” committed a series of serious crimes in the US after arriving here legally in 1983.
He has been arrested for criminal threats, criminal conspiracy, and possession and sale of a controlled substance, ICE officials said.
He was also sentenced to more than 16 months’ imprisonment for making or passing a fictitious check, grand theft, conspiracy, forgery, kidnapping, robbery and extortion, according to the officials.
In 1993, an immigration judge ordered Toutouni removed from the country, but he managed to remain, according to authorities. In 1999, another judge ordered him removed once again, and he was deported to Mexico, the feds say.
Toutouni said he again entered the US illegally on or about April 4, 2011, near Saint Clair, Michigan, by crossing the river using an electric raft purchased in Canada, according to ICE officials.
Along the way Toutouni created a party animal persona that he bragged about online. A recent series of posts showed him celebrating at Burning Man with beautiful women and a ostentatious campsite featuring a custom RV and trailer that featured psychedelic décor.
“I’m happy I experienced it, but it’s not something I would ever want to do again,” he said of the rowdy desert festival.
ICE officials said Toutouni is now being held in federal custody as authorities begin removal proceedings against him.
