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.
I kind of just want to send him letters in prison, pages long of just, “hahahahah.”
SWAT him in prison.
For good measure, throw in a couple of fake screenshots of users on 4chan and Reddit calling him a “script kiddie”. That will get much deeper under his skin than spam will.
That’s cruel & unusual punishment, that is.
“He claimed in a Jan. 19, 2023, online post that his ‘first’ swatting was like ‘2 to 3 years ago’ and that ‘6-9 months ago [he] decided to turn it into a business,’” prosecutors said, noting Filion posted on social media advertising his services.
Tbh impressive
What’s impressive about that? He was shit/stupid enough to get caught also.
It’s kind of impressive it’s taken him this long to get caught, I guess?
Less than a year so not really.
i mean he advertised on social media.
As if the feds weren’t all over that.
