Sextortion, a growing threat to minors, is sweeping across the nation, and becoming a significant concern in Arkansas. The Arkansas Internet Crimes Against Chil ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The FBI Office here in Buffalo has made an arrest in a troubling case of "sextortion" right here in Western New York with a surprising connection to Africa. Agents and ...

Morgan Moore has spoken out after her 14-year-old son Caleb took his own life after becoming a victim of sextortion after ...

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 ...

It's called "sextortion" and involves children and teens being threatened and coerced into sending explicit images online.The FBI has seen a huge increase in cases and so far the agency's Houston ...

The FBI says the crime has grown rapidly in recent years, with more than 54,000 cases reported in 2024, up from 34,000 a year earlier. At least 20 victims have committed suicide since 2021, the ...

Most of the state’s lawsuit against Snapchat has now been unredacted, which they said reveals “new, alarming details” that ...

Last year, the FBI issued a report that described sextortion as “a growing threat,” noting that the agency investigated roughly 1,000 cases a month for much of 2021 through early 2023, and ...

A federal judge on Monday sentenced a Sacramento man to 25 years in prison for producing and possessing child pornography, a criminal case that began with an FBI investigation into exchanges he had on ...