A 19-year-old Victorian man who met and beat two people after talking to them on a gay dating app admitted to police that he was inspired by the vigilant video he had seen on Tiktok.

Christian Keryakus pleaded guilty to aggravated theft, common assaults and recklessness caused injuries after two attacks on a man in Victoria last June. He said he was inspired by Tiktok and YouTube influencers who posted videos of seducing men to meet them before Grindr attacks, often associated with others about them.

According to a county court ruling issued Monday, Keryakus chatted with Grindr's first victim and moved to Snapchat, where he could see the victim's location. The conversation is essentially sexual, and Keryakus gives a picture of a 15-year-old boy instead of himself.

The two did not arrange for a meeting, but Keryakus obtained his place from Snapchat and went to the victim's home. He mistakenly accuses the victim of being a "Paedo" when he enters the home with three other people.

He asked the victim to give him $20,000, while another man who has not been identified or prosecuted beat the victim. The victim's Nintendo switch and wallet were stolen.

The same night, Keryakus chatted with Grindr's second victim, and after 30 minutes of news, they arranged to meet in the fields of Craigieburn.

The victim was faced with the confrontation upon arrival and was falsely accused of sending the message to the underage male, Keryakus asked the victim for his cell phone.

Five men approached the victim, hitting, hitting, kicking and hitting him with a cricket bat, while Keryakus made the video until Passersby intervened.

Police tracked the Snapchat account for Keryakus' phone number and address and found screenshots of him chatting with other men on the dating app and video recordings of the second attack on his phone.

After Keryakus was arrested, he was placed in a cell with secret police agents. Keryakus told the surgeon that he was “inspired by Tiktok videos to create profiles on gay dating apps and pretended to be a 15-year-old boy to attract pedophiles”.

Later, he told police in an interview that he got the idea from Tiktok and did it because “they were just pedophiles.”

Judge Sarah Dawes said in the ruling that she was told that Keryakus's behavior was inspired by Tiktok and YouTube characters, known as "Vitaly", "known for online pranks and alert streaming."

“It seems that you think you are superior to the victims you have dealt with and in the event of misconduct, you try to take the law into your own hands and distribute justice in this inappropriate way,” she said.

Vitaly Zdorovetskiy is a Russian-US online influencer with 9.4 million likes and 348,300 followers on Tiktok, 10.2 million subscribers on YouTube, and 1.5 billion video views reportedly on the platform.

YouTube and Tiktok have been contacted for comment.

The New York Times reported in March that more than 170 violent alert attacks have occurred in the United States since 2023, citing an alleged attacker who is like the "unfiltered" version of Zdorovetskiy's live performance of "pedophiles" on streaming websites.

Zdorovetskiy's kick page was not online at the time of reporting. His Tiktok, YouTube and Instagram pages are still available.

The Philippine government-run news agency reported on Sunday that Zdorovetskiy could face several months of jail time after being arrested in April, three counts of unjust troubles over “content that harasses and assaults of Filipinos.”

The verdict says that since the Victorian attacks, Keryakus has expressed remorse for his actions.

He was sentenced to two and a half years of community correction orders, which included 250 hours of unpaid community work.

The crime must be because Victoria police reported that in the past few months, the alleged attack on people was scheduled to be arranged for Grindr, who had been attacked on men before they allegedly attacked them.

Grindr users must designate their users 18 years of age or older, but the platform cannot verify their age or identity. Grindr has been issuing in-app warnings in Australia over the past few months to alert people to attack.