A twisted neo-Nazi sextortion ring that targets kids as young as 9 and blackmails them into making sick photos and videos is spreading to every corner of the United States — and the FBI has tips ...

A sick neo-Nazi sextortion ring that blackmails teens into making sick videos has become so prevalent across the US that every FBI field office in the country has at least one open case on the ...

Leonidas Varagiannis and Prasan Nepal face charges for allegedly leading an international child exploitation ring linked to the extremist group 764. Arrested in Greece and North Carolina ...

It was 2021 and the market for precious metals was hot, drawing attention to catalytic converters on cars, trucks and SUVs. Catalytic converters render engine-exhaust pollutants into carbon ...

FBI officials in Cincinnati are issuing a warning over the increase in sextortion cases around the United States.The crime refers to when someone gets a sexually explicit photo and threatens to ...

In a nutshell: An FBI official has warned of a rise in state-sponsored cyberattacks targeting American critical infrastructure, with China emerging as the most persistent and active threat.

The new malicious tactic involves making hoax calls or reports to emergency services, typically faking an immediate threat to life, an alert from the FBI said. The fraud is made to provoke a ...

According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), reports of sextortion jumped from 34,000 cases in 2022 to more than 54,000 in 2023, resulting in nearly $65 million in financial ...

And the problem is on the rise in a big way. From October 2024 to March 2025, the FBI reported a 30% increase in sextortion-related tips submitted to its National Threat Operations Center ...