A Melbourne graphic designer has been fired after his employer discovered that he had infiltrated a female only Facebook group, stolen revealing images of a woman and shared them on a "lads" page.

Lindor Jonuzzi, 19, was exposed yesterday when Facebook user Brandon Cook came across Mr Jonuzi's original post on the exclusive Melbourne lads page and reposted it publicly, The Age reports.

The teenager said that he had posed as a woman to access the images and re-posted them without the subject's knowledge or permission in a bid to gain respect.

After he was caught his employer, Melbourne marketing, PR and management firm Lucky Ent, terminated his contract in response to a number of complaints.

"I made it (the post) to gain respect with the community, as a way of saying yes I can get more access to these," Mr Jonuzzi said.

The images were allegedly taken from the female-only Facebook group "Melbourne Soul Sisters".

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There women can share naked or near-naked images to receive support and affirmation from other community members.

In a lengthy apology posted on Facebook yesterday afternoon, Mr Jonuzzi admitted that he had "invaded the private sphere of protected female online group Melbourne Soul Sisters" but in a later interview with The Age claimed the images that cost him his job had been found on another lads' page.

"The images were initially posted in this girls-only group. I was scrolling down my newsfeed and found it posted in another one of the male groups," he said.

The teen said he then downloaded the photos from this group, whose name he says he can't remember, and posted them to “Melbourne lads Vol. 2”.

Mr Jonuzzi has spoken to the woman whose photo was shared on the lads' page and said she imagined that she would "be feeling quite annoyed".