In the wake of reports that dozens of teen boys have died by suicide since 2021 after being victimized by blackmailers, Apple ...

Elijah Heacock, 16, of Glasgow, Kentucky, was the target of a cruel scam that used AI-generated images to try to blackmail him.

Financial sextortion cases targeting teenagers have more than doubled in the past year, with some cases turning fatal as ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Since 2023, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has worked on more than 150 sextortion cases involving kids and teens. In 2025 alone, investigators said they have ...

Sitting behind his computer in a suburban Maryland home, Chase Mulligan spent at least four years coercing and threatening children across the country.

A Silver Spring man faces up to 60 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges connected to a sextortion scheme that targeted young girls through various social media platforms over the course of ...

Calling for change, the Lib Dem MSP said: “I want to urge Police Scotland and the Scottish Government to record data on online sextortion cases so that we can begin to understand how frequently these ...

The FBI is issuing a warning to parents after a man from Silver Spring just pleaded guilty to victimizing more than 100 young ...

BENTON, Ark. — Local law enforcement agencies have issued a warning about a rise in child sextortion cases here in Arkansas. The Benton Police Department is one department that has been seeing ...

25-year-old admits to sextortion of 14-year-old California Loses the Right to Set Its Own Emissions Standards McDonald’s makes major change to restaurant opening hours nationwide San Diego plane ...

"Bad Rap: The Case Against Diddy," a new podcast from "20/20" and ABC Audio, traces how the whispers of abuse came to light and led to the downfall of Sean "Diddy" Combs, who was once among the ...