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Title: Romanian National Pleads Guilty To 'Swatting' Over 75 Public Officials

Link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/06/03/20142...

Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report: A Romanian national pleaded
guilty on Monday to charges related to his role in a "swatting" ring that
targeted dozens of public officials, including a former US president. Going
by the aliases "Plank," "Jonah" and "Cypher," 26-year-old Thomasz Szabo took
part in a years-long conspiracy to place bogus 911 calls, claiming
emergencies were taking place at the homes of top government officials, and
make bomb threats against government buildings and houses of worship,
according to the Justice Department. Szabo and a co-conspirator, 21-year-old
Serbian national Nemanja Radovanovic, allegedly targeted about 100 people,
including members of Congress, governors, cabinet-level executive branch
officials and state officials. Szabo, who was extradited from Romania last
November, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and one count of making
bomb threats. He is slated to be sentenced in a Washington, DC, federal court
in October. [...] Charges against Radovanovic are still pending.

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