The Alameda Police Department is warning residents about a rise in sextortion scams. The scam, according to police, begins with scammers reaching out to victims through social media ...

GUN POSSESSION: Byron O. Uviedo, 26, Cicero, was arrested July 21 and charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon after ...

Financial institutions are also being trained to detect red flags in teen accounts that may signal sextortion. Terri Littrell, a former banker and now compliance director at Abrigo, works with banks ...

Since February 20th of 2025, Cory has contacted Lindsey numerous times on numerous different accounts threatening to release ...

In recent years, digital technologies have transformed the way we communicate, socialize, and entertain ourselves. However, alongside these advancements comes ...

The FBI is investigating a Kansas child's suicide as a case of financial sextortion and believes the perpetrator is targeting other youth in Kansas.

According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, reports of artificial intelligence used in child sexual ...

U.S. Rep. Mills is under investigation on a sextortion claim by his ex-girlfriend, Miss United States Lindsey Langston.

Wistocki is a retired detective and nationally recognized child cyber crimes expert. He trains cops, parents and kids, and ...

About two out of every three teenagers are targeted by "sextortion" schemes, according to new research conducted by Snap Inc., which owns the social media app Snapchat. Sextortion is a "serious ...

The FBI describes sextortion as a crime that "involves coercing victims into providing sexually explicit photos or videos of themselves, then threatening to share them publicly or with the victim ...

Miss United States Lindsey Langston charged that Rep. Cory Mills harassed and threatened to release sex videos of her.