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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

In a statement shared on its website on Thursday, the FBI said this operation was necessitated by the growing rate of sextortion related suicide among America’s teenage population connected 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 ...

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 ...

A Pennsylvania father stricken by grief after his son's suicide helped the FBI locate and extradite two people from another continent on charges that they sexually extorted his son. Sextortion is ...

According to the FBI, sextortion cases involving children and teens are increasing. Sextortion can happen on any site where people meet and communicate, the FBI says. Often, the person may already ...