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British man jailed after FBI tracked him over swatting hoax calls
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British man jailed after FBI tracked him over swatting hoax calls
A British man has been sentenced to two years and three months for encouraging swatting hoax calls, after the FBI traced him through international chat rooms.
- Callum Dare, 26, from Talbot Green, was arrested in October 2019 after the FBI identified him in international chat rooms.
- One hoax call claimed bombs under chairs at the University of California, causing an evacuation, and another claimed a bomb at a Cardiff hotel, leading to area closure.
- Dare admitted being administrator of a website encouraging malicious communications and bomb hoaxes, and possessing phishing software for dark web fraud.
- Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke sentenced him, stating she was satisfied he intended others to carry out swatting offences in the US.
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