Special Agent Gene Kowel with the FBI Omaha Field Office says there’s something new driving this growing trend. “What we’re seeing now is financial sextortion where the adult is doing this ...

A sick neo-Nazi sextortion ring that blackmails teens into making sick videos has become so prevalent across the US that every FBI field office in the country has at least one open case on the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ST. LOUIS — A global scheme putting kids at risk is being addressed by the FBI in the greater St. Louis area. Federal authorities call sextortion a crime on the rise. They say that more than 20 ...