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An 18-year-old California resident, Alan Filion, has pleaded guilty to making hundreds of false threats, including fake bomb threats and mass shooting alerts, targeting schools, religious institutions, and government officials across the United States. In a case that highlights the growing dangers of “swatting”—the act of making fraudulent emergency calls to prompt large-scale police responses—the U.S. Department of Justice announced the plea in a federal court in Florida on Wednesday, November 13. Filion faces up to 20 years in prison, as each of the four charges he pleaded guilty to carries a maximum sentence. . .
