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A Texas teen charged with murder has come under new scrutiny. 17-year-old Carmelo Anthony is accused of fatally stabbing Austin Metcalf at a track meet earlier this month. He was released Monday on $250,000 bond and is now under house arrest. Anthony has reportedly moved into a $900,000 gated community home. That's despite claiming financial hardship to reduce his $1 million bond.
Neighbors in the upscale Frisco neighborhood say they're shocked and concerned about his presence. Meanwhile, a fundraiser for Anthony's legal defense is approaching half a million dollars.
Neighbors in the upscale Frisco neighborhood say they're shocked and concerned about his presence. Meanwhile, a fundraiser for Anthony's legal defense is approaching half a million dollars.
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Yeah, Guffey has really become a warrior in this space since Gavin passed in 2022. He was able to get Gavin's law passed just a year after he lost Gavin, and he's currently working with fellow Republican Senator Ted Cruz on Cruz's bipartisan bill called the Take It Down Act. That would force social media companies to take down sexual images of minors within 48 hours of it being flagged.
Yeah, Guffey has really become a warrior in this space since Gavin passed in 2022. He was able to get Gavin's law passed just a year after he lost Gavin, and he's currently working with fellow Republican Senator Ted Cruz on Cruz's bipartisan bill called the Take It Down Act. That would force social media companies to take down sexual images of minors within 48 hours of it being flagged.
Guffey shared Gavin's story with me when I spoke to him this past week.
Guffey shared Gavin's story with me when I spoke to him this past week.
After his son passed, Guffey told me that his family was contacted by the scammers for more money, and he was even taunted about Gavin committing suicide.
After his son passed, Guffey told me that his family was contacted by the scammers for more money, and he was even taunted about Gavin committing suicide.
This past January, Gavin Scammer was extradited from Nigeria to the United States and is now facing life in prison. According to the FBI and Our Rescue CEO Tammy Lee, Nigeria and other African countries are most often tied into these schemes.
This past January, Gavin Scammer was extradited from Nigeria to the United States and is now facing life in prison. According to the FBI and Our Rescue CEO Tammy Lee, Nigeria and other African countries are most often tied into these schemes.
According to InfoSecurity magazine, the so-called Yahoo boys will inundate high schools, youth sports teams, and universities with fake accounts and will use advanced social engineering tactics to coerce or trick their victims into sharing explicit images or footage.
According to InfoSecurity magazine, the so-called Yahoo boys will inundate high schools, youth sports teams, and universities with fake accounts and will use advanced social engineering tactics to coerce or trick their victims into sharing explicit images or footage.
The group gets its name from the web service provider Yahoo, and these criminals are tied to pass Nigerian print scams before they shifted to elderly fraud, fake job scams, and now sextortion.
The group gets its name from the web service provider Yahoo, and these criminals are tied to pass Nigerian print scams before they shifted to elderly fraud, fake job scams, and now sextortion.
A memo from the FBI's Sacramento field office said that financially motivated sextortion offenders are often foreigners, and they primarily hail from West African countries like Nigeria and Ivory Coast or Southeast Asian countries like the Philippines.