LOS ANGELES — Cindy Crawford and her husband Rande Gerber have been targeted in an extortion scheme involving a photo of their young daughter bound to a chair in revealing clothing.

The scandal was revealed when court papers were filed Thursday by the FBI and the U.S. attorney's office detailing the $100,000 plot in U.S. District Court, the Associated Press reports. An acquaintance of their former nanny, identified as Edis Kayalar, 26, is accused of trying extort money from the Gerbers by threatening to release the photo to the media. Kayalar, who has not been arrested, was recently deported to Germany and is believed to be living in Stuttgart, authorities said.