Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Iranian citizen Farzad “Tony” Toutouni, the flamboyant social media figure known as Iran’s “King of Instagram,” in Los Angeles on Oct. 27. His feed offered more than one million followers a steady display of exotic cars, naked models, cash, and wild parties.

Authorities said the 55-year-old entered the US illegally from Canada and had an alleged crime spree dating to 1989. ICE officials said his record included arrests and a prison sentence tied to a long list of serious offenses.

Toutouni lived in a $5 million Hollywood Hills mansion and posted under @lunatic_living while avoiding immigration agents. The flashy persona certainly was not built around subtlety, with his page featuring piles of money, nude women, and lavish settings.

ICE just locked up Iranian Instagram “King” Farzad “Tony” Toutouni in Los Angeles.

Over a million followers, living large on boats, jets, and stacks of cash… while in the country illegally with a rap sheet that includes forgery, kidnapping, robbery, and extortion. He was already ordered removed and deported once, then snuck back in. This is the kind of “influencer” that thrives when borders are ignored. Good riddance! — Hunter Eagleman™ (@Hunter_Eagleman) November 10, 2026

The social media celebrity routinely offered advice to followers while posing around scantily clad women, luxury surroundings, and fleets of fast cars. In his online biography, he described himself as an entrepreneur and a “Pelvis Philanthropist.”

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One Instagram post last year showed Toutouni aboard a private jet with three women in his lap and bundles of $100 bills stacked on a table in front of him. Its message read, “I live my life like it’s my last day every day!,” capturing the image he displayed online.

Another photo showed the tattooed Iranian shirtless in a swanky high rise apartment, carrying a naked woman over his shoulder while picking food from a plate. The caption read, “No wife great wife,” and one follower supplied the approving response, “Tru inspiration,” adding another layer to the spectacle.

At the same time, investigators described a far more serious history in the US. Toutouni, who also used the first name “Robert,” arrived legally in 1983 and later committed a series of serious crimes, according to authorities.

ICE officials said he had been arrested for criminal threats, criminal conspiracy, and possession and sale of a controlled substance. 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.

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In 1993, an immigration judge ordered Toutouni removed from the country, but authorities said he managed to remain in the US. Another judge ordered him removed again in 1999, and federal officials said he was deported to Mexico.

According to ICE officials, Toutouni said he illegally entered the US again on or about April 4, 2011, near Saint Clair, Michigan. He said he crossed the river using an electric raft that he had purchased in Canada.

During the years that followed, Toutouni fashioned a party animal persona and bragged about it online. Recent posts showed him at Burning Man with women and an ostentatious campsite that included a custom RV and trailer decorated with psychedelic designs.

For all the elaborate trappings, Toutouni offered a decidedly cooler review of the rowdy desert festival afterward. “I’m happy I experienced it, but it’s not something I would ever want to do again,” he said.

The Oct. 27 arrest put Toutouni in federal custody after years of removal orders and another illegal entry, according to authorities. ICE officials said removal proceedings are now beginning against him.

For a man who built an audience by broadcasting cash, cars, parties, and provocative scenes, the latest setting is considerably less glamorous. Toutouni remains in federal custody while the government pursues his removal.

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