A Nigerian-based conspiracy to extort money from a Marquette teen resulted in a guilty plea on money laundering.

Sextortion schemes that often target minors and caused the death of a suburban Columbus high school student are now illegal in Ohio. Gov. Mike DeWine signed legislation Wednesday named for ...

Cybercriminals are tricking minors into sending sexually explicit photos and videos, and then blackmailing them for payment.

Ohio's ban on sexual extortion is named for Braden Markus, an Olentangy High School student who died by suicide in 2021.

Sexual extortion, or sextortion, involves persuading someone to send explicit photos online and threatening to make the images public. The indictment alleges the extortionists used an online ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - A Huntsville man pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in connection with a sextortion scheme where a Michigan teenager died by suicide. Dinsimore Robinson pleaded guilty ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — One of the five men indicted for money laundering in connection to a deadly sextortion scheme has pleaded guilty. The scheme resulted in the death of 17-year-old Jordan ...

The family said in a post on Friday that Levi Maciejewski, son of Shippensburg University head football coach Mark Maciejewski, had been the victim of “sextortion,” which ultimately led to his ...

Simon, not his real name, was forced to hand over hundreds of pounds after being blackmailed by an international criminal gang There's been a big rise in the number of victims of sextortion being ...

The Indictment unsealed Wednesday alleges that Cherif, and other individuals located in the Ivory Coast, participated in a well-organized sextortion group that targeted victims throughout the world.

An Alabama man pleaded guilty to money laundering tied to a Nigeria-based sextortion scheme that led to a Michigan teen’s death by suicide. Dinsimore Guyton Robinson, 29, of Huntsville ...

The law signed Wednesday by Gov. Mike DeWine makes makes sexual extortion a third-degree felony, with harsher penalties ...