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

Three suspects, including two 19-year-olds and a 16-year-old, were arrested and charged with robbery, possession of stolen ...

Along with issues like revenge porn and sextortion, there has been a disturbing surge in reports of online abuse of children ...

A Roan Mountain man has been arrested following a joint investigation into a child exploitation case involving a 9-year-old ...

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

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 ...

There are new developments in a sextortion case involving a man living in an South Dakota State dorm room in Brookings. Jaykob Varner, 25, signed federal court documents admitting to using Snapchat to ...

Joseph Garofalo allegedly used Snapchat to sexually exploit and blackmail at least 30 boys, including one 13-year-old.

Sextortion cases have led to at least 30 deaths by suicides ... Then, the scammers build fake profiles on Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, which includes sending friend requests to people ...

Torres said so far this year her office has been investigating about 10 sextortion cases a month just in Orange ... such as Instagram and Snapchat, or in the chat options connected to online ...