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California teen pleads guilty in Florida to making hundreds of ‘swatting’ calls across the US

  • A Lancaster teenager pleaded guilty to making hundreds of 'swatting' calls targeting various institutions with false threats of violence, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
  • Alan Filion faces up to 20 years in federal prison after admitting to making more than 375 threatening calls from August 2022 to January 2024.
  • The FBI reported that Filion "not only intended to cause as much harm as possible, but he also attempted to profit from these criminal activities.
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