US EditionRomanian man sentenced to 4 years in prison for swatting spree targeting dozens of US officials
The Romanian defendant also gets three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy and explosive-threat charges.
- On Wednesday, a federal judge sentenced Romanian national Thomasz Szabo to four years in prison for organizing bomb threats and swatting attacks against dozens of United States officials and lawmakers.
- In 2020, Szabo organized chat groups to coordinate hoax threats, which involve triggering armed Special Weapons and Tactics teams to respond to fictitious emergencies at targets' homes.
- Szabo told co-conspirator Nemanja Radovanovic to select victims from both Republican and Democratic parties because "we are not on any side," targeting members of Congress, cabinet officials, and journalists.
- District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ordered Szabo to complete three years of supervised release after his prison term, with credit given for the roughly 20 months he already served in jail.
- Attorney Jeanine Pirro stated the Justice Department will not tolerate such attacks, as swatting tactics divert critical police resources from real emergencies and cause significant harm to victims.
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A Romanian extradited to the United States was sentenced to four years in prison after terrorizing dozens of American officials. The man called 911 and announced attacks and crimes at the addresses of real people.
A Romanian citizen was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison for orchestrating a massive campaign of farce directed against dozens of US officials and elected officials, by which he calls to the emergency to signal non-existent crimes to trigger the descent of masks to their homes, transmits AFP. Thomasz Szabo, aged ...
Romanian national learns fate for swatting US officials, including members of Congress, judges
A Romanian national who admitted to participating in a series of swatting calls and bomb threats targeting U.S. government officials — including members of Congress, Cabinet-level officials, federal judges and heads of federal law enforcement agencies — was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison.Federal prosecutors asked a judge to impose a five-year sentence for Thomasz Szabo, 27, who pleaded guilty in June to conspiracy and threat charges…
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