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

In addition to Kassi, Ivorian law enforcement also arrested two other individuals, Moussa Diaby and Oumar Cisse. Prosecutors ...

The FBI has arrested 22 Nigerians in connection with a global sextortion scheme blamed for over 20 teen suicides in the U.S. since 2021 Operation Artemis, a first-of-its-kind international effort ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The ABC7 Chicago I-Team has an alert on sextortion. It involves threatening letters delivered through email ...

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 ...

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 ...

According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), reports of sextortion jumped from 34,000 cases in 2022 to more than 54,000 in 2023, resulting in nearly $65 million in financial ...

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.

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 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 has arrested 22 Nigerians allegedly involved in a financially motivated sextortion scheme that has been blamed for more than 20 teen suicides in the United States since 2021, the agency ...