A Rhode Island landlord is the target of a RICO lawsuit filed by 12 current and former tenants and Reclaim RI.

Law enforcement officials accused a 15-year-old Novato boy of stealing private photographs from a 13-year-old and using them ...

Sexual extortion, often called “sextortion,” is a form of exploitation where perpetrators use threats, such as releasing ...

Between October 2024 and March 2025, the FBI reported a 30% increase in reported sextortion crimes and the number of actual ...

The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Anthony Fritzinger, who was stationed at Cherry Point, preyed on vulnerable children.

Sixteen-year-old Eli Heacock was alone in his Kentucky bedroom when the photo appeared on his phone.

Sextortion, in which schemers threaten to release illicit photos of victims unless the victims pay them, has surged nationwide.

The Wisconsin state Assembly unanimously passed a bill that would strengthen penalties for people found guilty of sextortion.

Kentucky has officially made sextortion a felony with the passage of Senate Bill 73, which officially took effect on Friday.

Nagpur: The Cyber police arrested 20-year-old Sundarkumar Singh from Bihar for allegedly extorting nearly Rs50 lakh from a 25-year-old professional in.

Sextortion scams are becoming increasingly prevalent, with cybercriminals using false online relationships and blackmail to exploit vulnerable children and adults, leading to serious consequences i… ...