US federal prosecutors say that Kassi and a group of three accomplices were all arrested in Côte d’Ivoire, charged for their ...

Its members target young teens on platforms like Discord and Roblox and intimidate them into filming themselves posing nude, ...

Two more suspects arrested in the 2022 Ryan Last sextortion case, as reported by the San José Police Department.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced on Thursday a global operation to combat international sextortion schemes to address the rise in American suicides of those who have fallen victim to ...

This week, the FBI announced the results of Operation Artemis, an international crackdown on sextortion rings targeting teenage boys. Working with law enforcement in Nigeria, Canada, and Australia ...

ST. LOUIS – FBI agents from across the United States, including St. Louis, have broken up a global sextortion ring in an effort dubbed Operation Artemis. According to the FBI, 22 suspects in ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has announced the arrest of 22 Nigerians allegedly involved in a sextortion ring blamed for the suicides of more than 20 teenagers across the United ...

The FBI, along with law enforcement in Canada, Australia, and Nigeria, carried out Operation Artemis, targeting sextortion schemes that have led to over 20 teen suicides in the U.S. since 2021.

The FBI is drawing attention to an upsurge in an online scam that's led some young victims to kill themselves. Under the "financially motivated sextortion schemes," criminals pose on social media ...

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 ...

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 ...

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reported over 34,000 sextortion victims in 2023, rising to more than 54,000 last year, with financial losses totaling nearly $65 million over the ...