California Teen Admits to 375 Swatting Hoaxes Across U.S.
Alan Filion, an 18-year-old from Lancaster, California, pleaded guilty to making over 375 hoax threats, including bomb and mass shooting threats, across the U.S. Filion, who began swatting at 16, turned it into a business by advertising his services on social media. He faces up to five years in prison for each of the four counts of making interstate threats. His actions caused widespread fear and chaos, targeting schools, religious institutions, and government officials. Filion was extradited to Florida for swatting a mosque in Sanford, where he threatened a mass shooting.