A Westchester County high school athletic director has been arrested in a sextortion scheme targeting a teenager, according to prosecutors.

Thomas Puccini was arrested Nov. 1 and charged with theft, the Westchester County District Attorney said Monday. Puccini, 28, who served as interim director of Physical Education, Health and Athletics, obtained sexual images and videos of the teenager starting when the victim was just 17, according to the charges.

Puccini allegedly threatened for two years to release confidential information about the victim unless the teenager sent sexually explicit pictures and videos through social media apps, Westchester County District Attorney Miriam Rocah said. The communications allegedly took place between November 2021 and November 2023 via Snapchat and the mobile payment service CashApp.

“Pressuring and threatening people for sexual content, also known as ‘sextortion’, is increasingly directed at our young people and is a crime,” said Rocah.

As theft is not a bailable charge, Puccini was released after arraignment. Attorney information for him was not immediately clear.

The DA’s office urged any other possible victims of Puccini or anyone who may have other information about the possible victims to contact them at (914) 995-TIPS (8477).