Police said sextortion cases often involve someone pretending to be the victim’s age.

Sextortion has been linked to a recent tragedy in West Virginia, prompting renewed calls from educators and lawmakers for ...

At the current rate, 2026 is on pace to approach 850 cases in Wisconsin.

A federal judge has ordered a Silver Spring man who terrorized girls online to spend the bulk of his life behind bars, ...

The president of Peters Township High School’s senior class is in jail after local police accused him Friday of running a ...

A Silver Spring man has been sentenced to 50 years in federal prison for orchestrating an extensive online child exploitation scheme that ...

Join NOVA’s Feb. 26, 2026, panel in Jamison on sextortion prevention—discover how predators exploit youth, spot warning signs ...

The Nigerian government has extradited a 26-year-old, Afeez Olatunji Adewale, to the United States to face charges linked to a sexual extortion scheme that allegedly led to the death of a young man in ...

The Wisconsin Department of Justice is sounding the alarm about a dramatic surge in sextortion cases targeting primarily teenagers, with reports more than nearly quadrupling from 2023 ...

Afeez Olatunji Adewale, a 26-year-old Nigerian, has been extradited to the United States over a sexual extortion case that led to the death of a teenager in the country.