A Texas man accused of creating fake online accounts to extort sexual photos and videos was arrested Thursday, Aug. 14, following a Bergen County investigation, authorities said.Quristafer D. Land, 26 ...

A 26-year-old Dallas man is facing a slate of serious charges after investigators say he posed as someone else online to coerce explicit content from a child and an adult through Snapchat in a ...

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

Snapchat logged about 20,000 cases last year of adults grooming children online, more than other social media platforms ...

The US-based National Center for Missing and Exploited Children last year received 546,000 worldwide reports from tech firms ...

Crime Man from Africa arrested in 'sextortion' case involving a male teen from Western New York National Center for Missing & Exploited Children: Young boys are increasingly targeted.

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 ...

After his case became public, the FBI set up a telephone hotline for tips about other possible alleged victims. Within about a week, Lindgren said, the tip line had received more than 100 calls.

SPENCER — A three-day trial is scheduled for the former deputy charged with sextortion involving an underage victim. Jeremy Chapman, 39, Spencer, faces charges of child sexual exploitation ...