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 ...

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.

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.

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… ...

Sextortion scam warning to students as building society sees ‘growing trend’ Nationwide said that over the past year, its fraud team has seen a growing trend of blackmail scams.

Cases of sextortion -- conning teens to share explicit images online and then using the images for blackmail -- have so far this year already passed the number of incidents reported in the state ...

A 30-year-old Alabama man faces sentencing today for his role in an international sextortion scheme that led to the death of a Michigan teenager.

A series of provocative ads aimed at raising awareness among teens of online “sextortion” is creating a buzz online, but experts say that’s exactly what it was designed to do. The posters ...