Summary

Alan Filion, 18, of Lancaster, California, pleaded guilty to four counts of making interstate threats in one of the most prolific “swatting” cases ever prosecuted.

Filion made over 375 swatting and threat calls from August 2022 to January 2023, targeting schools, religious institutions, government officials, and FBI agents.

Prosecutors say he turned swatting into a business, advertising his services on social media for profit.

His hoaxes, which included bomb and mass shooting threats, caused widespread fear and chaos. Filion faces up to 20 years in prison.

  • @x00z
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    141 month ago

    SWAT him in prison.

    • @[email protected]
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      41 month ago

      Prisons are awful. Put him under house arrest and then swat him. Say he’s got the manifesto stashed in his pooper.