According to the plea agreement, between approximately August 2022 to January 2024 Filion made more than 375 swatting calls. These included incidents where he claimed to have planted bombs or threatened to conduct mass shootings at targeted locations that included religious institutions, high schools, and historically black colleges and universities.
This prosecution and today's guilty plea reaffirm the Justice Department's commitment to using all tools to hold accountable every individual who endangers our communities through swatting and hoax threats," deputy attorney general Lisa Monaco said in a statement. "For well over a year, Alan Filion targeted religious institutions, schools, government officials, and others with a disturbing frequency.
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