Sextortion is defined as a crime involving children and teens being threatened or coerced into sending explicit images online ...

Digital Forensics Corporation is known for trying to help sextortion victims. But a USA TODAY investigation found complaints ...

A new Kentucky law regarding extortion creates stiffer penalties for offenders and requires schools to notify students about ...

Sextortion: What is it and how to discuss it with your teen - Having open and honest conversations with your children about ...

The National Crime Agency (NCA) has launched a campaign to combat the threat posed to teenage boys by financially motivated ...

A Kentucky teen took his own life on Feb. 28, and now officials are investigating whether it was connected to a sextortion ...

"Everybody got hit by this... and this happened in one hour," John Burnett said after the tragic passing of his son following ...

Adams sponsored Senate Bill 73. It makes sextortion in Kentucky a felony and if the victim takes their life, it can be charged as a homicide. The measure was one of the only pieces of legislation to ...

After some recent incidents in Wisconsin, an area sheriff is spreading awareness about the dangers of sextortion.

Two bills passed in January by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer specified sentencing guidelines for sextortion, according to a Jan. 22 ...

NCA officials said boys as young as 14 have been targeted with "sextortion" scams on social networks including Snapchat and Instagram. Criminals trick them into sending sexual images - and then ...