Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have arrested the Iranian social media personality known as the “King of Instagram,” whose online posts featured nude models, luxury cars and lavish parties for more than one million followers.
Farzad “Tony” Toutouni, 55, was taken into custody in Los Angeles on Oct. 27 after allegedly entering the United States illegally from Canada. ICE officials also linked him to an alleged criminal history dating to 1989 involving kidnapping, robbery and extortion.
Toutouni, who reportedly lived in a $5 million Hollywood Hills mansion, showcased his extravagant lifestyle on Instagram under the handle @lunatic_living. His posts included images of cash, nude women and elaborate parties, even as he remained under scrutiny from immigration authorities.
The online celebrity frequently offered advice to followers while posing with scantily clad women, luxury surroundings and collections of high-performance cars. In his biography, he described himself as a self-made entrepreneur and a “Pelvis Philanthropist.”
“I live my life like it’s my last day every day!” read the caption on one post from last year. The accompanying image showed Toutouni seated on a private jet with three women on his lap and stacks of $100 bills on a table in front of him.
Another post was captioned, “No wife great wife.” In the photograph, the tattooed Iranian stood shirtless in a luxury high-rise apartment while carrying a nude woman over one shoulder and calmly picking food from a plate in his other hand.
“Tru inspiration,” one follower commented beneath the image.
Investigators said Toutouni, who also used the first name “Robert,” committed a series of serious offenses in the United States after arriving legally in 1983.
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According to ICE officials, he was arrested on allegations including criminal threats, criminal conspiracy, and possession and sale of a controlled substance.
Officials also said he received a sentence of more than 16 months in prison for offenses including writing or passing a fictitious check, grand theft, conspiracy, forgery, kidnapping, robbery and extortion.
An immigration judge ordered Toutouni removed from the country in 1993, but authorities said he remained in the United States. A second removal order was issued in 1999, after which he was deported to Mexico, according to federal officials.
ICE officials said Toutouni later acknowledged reentering the United States illegally on or around April 4, 2011. He allegedly crossed near Saint Clair, Michigan, using an electric raft he had purchased in Canada.
During that period, Toutouni cultivated the party-loving persona he promoted online. In a recent series of posts, he appeared at Burning Man alongside women and an extravagant campsite equipped with a custom recreational vehicle and trailer decorated in a psychedelic style.
“I’m happy I experienced it, but it’s not something I would ever want to do again,” he said of the desert festival.
ICE officials said Toutouni is being held in federal custody while authorities pursue removal proceedings.