A pair of Nigerian brothers pleaded guilty to conspiring to sexually exploit American minors after a 17-year-old Michigan boy committed suicide as a result of their online sextortion scheme.
The FBI is warning families about the rise of online “sextortion,” as criminal rings are beginning to use AI to blackmail teenage victims.
Online “sextortion” is the fastest-growing crime targeting kids in the West, and social media companies are failing to do more to prevent it, according to a recent study.
Sexual extortion schemes targeting teenagers and young boys are on the rise in the U.S., according to federal authorities.
A 21-year-old Minnesota man was sentenced to 35 years behind bars Monday for ‘sextorting’ more than 40 young girls.
Breitbart Tech recently had the opportunity to speak to attorney Daniel Szalkiewicz, who specializes in defamation and Internet privacy cases, most notably those concerning revenge porn and sextortion.
During a single month, Facebook assessed nearly 54,000 cases of revenge porn and “sextortion” on the platform, according to a report by The Guardian.
Online “sextortion” crimes have more than doubled this year compared to 2015, with over 900 recorded cases reported in Britain since last year.
Detectives allegedly discovered more than 26,000 pages of conversations and texts between a 19-year-0ld Pico Rivera man and 21 underage Hispanic girls in multiple states.
The FBI is requesting the help of the public in finding 250 additional teen victims of an online sexual predator who was convicted last year for production of child pornography. He was later sentenced to more than 100 years in prison. The predator had an on-going “sextortion” scheme where he exploited nearly 350 teenage girls. Authorities have identified around 100 of the victims but need help in identifying nearly 250 more.
