CINCINNATI — 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 ...

The FBI arrested 22 people in Nigeria tied to teen sextortion cases linked to suicides. Here's what parents and teens need to know to stay safe.

From October 2024 to March 2025, the FBI reported a 30% increase in sextortion-related tips submitted to its National Threat Operations Center, according to the press release.

The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center tallied more than 54,000 victims of sextortion last year, up from 34,000 in 2023. The crime's financial toll approached $65 million over the last two years.

FBI ontop dia website tok say di arrest na part of "Operation Artemis," one international operation wey dem launch for 2023, to fight di growing threat of sextortion among Nigerian-based ...

The FBI and partners from Canada, Australia, Nigeria, and the United Kingdom have conducted a first-of-its kind operation to combat financially motivated sextortion schemes in Nigeria that ...

From October 2024 to March 2025, the FBI reported a 30% increase in sextortion-related tips submitted to their National Threat Operations Center, according to the press release. Additionally, the ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Victims of sextortion are facing an evolving threat, according to the FBI, with advancing technology being used by criminals to reach new victims. In a webinar on the topic ...

It often targets young boys. 13,000 reports of financial sextortion were made between October 2021 and March 2023, according to FBI reports. Twenty of those reported incidents resulted in suicide.

WVEC-TV Norfolk. FBI warns of sextortion risks and minors. Posted: April 4, 2025 | Last updated: June 23, 2025. A warning from the FBI's Norfolk office about sextortion.

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 ...

South Carolina State Representative Brandon Guffey warns about the alarming trend of “sextortion” cases targeting young boys and how it led his 17-year-old son Gavin to take his own life.