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The California man thought he put his past behind him, but then he became victim to an online scam associated more with the mafia than the Internet. He is alleging in a federal lawsuit that three websites are running an extortion racket preying on his history as a one-time registered sex offender. The alleged shakedown is a growing trend in cyberspace that also includes "ransomware" -- another extortion scheme that uses fake police and FBI warnings to demand money in exchange for unfreezing data on your computer, experts say.

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Rachel Ashworth Original ArticleAnd yet another reason the online hit-list should be offline and used by police only, and extortion / mugshot websites should be taken offline and the people in charge arrested.10/07/2013By TOM GARDNER A mother-t...

6-18-2013 Washington: CENTRALIA, Wash. -- An inmate is now facing new charges after he was busted allegedly running an organized drug trafficking ring from inside prison. According to the Centralia Police Department, 30-year-old Forrest Amos would...

Original Article03/22/2014By Robert Anglen A shadowy network of Arizona-based Internet companies that used public records to demand money from sex offenders and harass those who complained has imploded amid lawsuits, court hearings and new standar...

The creator of a 'revenge porn' website that posts explicit photos of women without their permission has been accused of posing as a female online to trick women into sending him naked pictures. Craig Brittain, a 28-year-old from Colorado Springs, has allegedly started 'catfishing' - fabricating an online identity to trick unsuspecting web users into establishing a relationship - and then uploading the pictures to his website IsAnybodyDown.com. Two women came forward and spoke to CBS4 about the incident, which started out as a chat on a 'woman-to-woman' forum on Craiglist in August 2012. The Colorado woman - who did not want to be identified - said she met another woman called Jess Davis who she told 'she was just looking for some fun, to hang out, experiment'.

Original Article07/01/2012Question: I just moved to a new house. Shortly after moving in, I found out that a previous tenant had been a registered sex offender with his address (now my address) listed. Although the state sex offender registry ri...

Salt Lake County Sheriff Jim Winder has become the latest lawman in the country to stop the practice of displaying mug shots online.- Good, it's about time all police departments stop doing this, f...

Anonymous Criminals Original Article06/17/2013By Jen Gerson The videos started to trickle in this month: the now-familiar Guy Fawkes mask, a computerized female voice, stock video graphics and bland instrumental background music. "Hello citizen...

Dustin Canup and Sareena Morrison Original ArticleThe Adam Walsh "child protection and safety" act was originally written to protect children. Now think about this. Many people who are busted for online stings didn't actually commit a crime, bu...

Video Description: Someone just attempted to set-up Stewart Rhodes (founder of Oath Keepers) & Dan Johnson (founder of People Against the N.D.A.A) by sending child porn to Dan Johnson's email from a tormail.org anonymous email account, pretendin...