“Between approximately August 2022 to January 2024 Filion made more than 375 swatting calls, according to the plea agreement.”
Alan Filion made more than 375 fake threats against schools, mosques, HBCUs and public officials. The FBI broke the case with an IP address handed over by a private investigator hired by two Twitch streamers. Calls to 25 Washington schools alone hit about 18,116 students. A teenager with a Telegram account ran rings around police for a year and a half, and it took a civilian to catch him.