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The Police Department has assigned two detectives since 2024 to investigate Internet Crimes Against Children cases, which often stem from tips.

Financially motivated sextortion targets children with threats to share sexual images. Parents should prioritise safety and avoid paying or blaming the victim.

Age verification laws check who's allowed in the door. They don't check who a kid is talking to once inside. That gap is where sextortion happens, and knowing it exists is the first step to closing it in your own house.

A deepfake sextortion scam killed a 16-year-old over a fake photo. Here's how the AI technology behind it works, how detection catches what your eyes can't, and where to look first if it happens to your family.

Panelists urged a 360‑degree prevention plan involving school policy, counseling, SRO coordination, and industry pressure for safer platforms; they emphasized nonjudgmental, preplanned 'soft landing' responses when students disclose victimization.

Presenters shared a detailed timeline of a sextortion case involving a teenager (Ryan Lass) who sent an image late at night, paid an initial amount, faced escalating demands and died by suicide within about an hour; speakers said the example shows why immediate, empathetic adult responses matter.

Federal and local presenters told a Mercer Island School District webinar that financially motivated sextortion has surged in recent years, often targets socially prominent teenage boys, moves conversations to encrypted apps, and increasingly uses AI deep fakes; presenters linked the trend to dozens of U.S. teen suicides.

Olamide Shanu, a Nigerian cybercriminal known as a “Yahoo Boy,” has pleaded guilty in the United States to charges involving a massive international fraud scheme that defrauded over 150 American victims of more than $2.5 million. The 35-year-old was extradited to the U.S. in 2025 and now faces up to 20 years in prison, with sentencing scheduled for December 15, 2026.

A 35-year-old Nigerian man, Olamide Shanu, has pleaded guilty in the United States to conspiracy to commit money laundering as part of a transnational cybercrime network that defrauded over 150 Americans through sextortion and romance fraud schemes. The plea was entered on Monday in the District of Idaho, following an investigation by U.S. law enforcement agencies. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Shanu and his co-conspirators earned more than $2.5 million from these fraudulent activities, which targeted victims across the country.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, 2026(chatnewstv.com) — A 35-year-old Nigerian national has pleaded guilty in the United States to conspiracy to commit money laundering after prosecutors said he participated in ...