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

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

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

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

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

US Ohio couple's son, 17, got over 200 Instagram messages in 19-hour sextortion 'nightmare' that led to suicide The FBI received more than 13,000 reports of online financial sextortion between ...

Sextortion has resulted in an "alarming" number of suicides, the FBI said. Eli Heacock was like many 16-year-olds. The Glasgow, Kentucky, teenager enjoyed playing tennis, telling "dad jokes" and ...

Current advice issued by Metropolitan Police regarding 'sextortion' after 14-year-old US boy dies by suicide after thinking ...

Meta cracks down on sextortion scams 04:10. So-called sextortion scams are on the rise, with criminals from Nigeria frequently targeting adult men in the U.S., according to social media giant Meta.

"Financial sextortion represents a grave and growing threat to children, especially teenage boys," Julie Cordua, CEO of Thorn, said in a statement. "Unlike traditional forms of sextortion, these ...

Victims of sextortion are blackmailed by criminals who threaten to post sexual images or videos of their victim unless they ...

About two out of every three teenagers are targeted by "sextortion" schemes, according to new research conducted by Snap Inc., which owns the social media app Snapchat.. Sextortion is a "serious ...