Two men have been charged by the DOJ with participating in a “swatting” spree that took place in 2020, with an incident in North Port

 

 

 

Two men have been charged by the DOJ with participating in a “swatting” spree that took place in 2020, with an incident in North Port

Francesco Abbruzzino, The Uncensored Report, LLC

 

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Two men have been charged by the Department of Justice with participating in a “swatting” spree that took place in 2020. The two gained access to a dozen Ring home security door cameras nationwide, placed bogus emergency phone calls designed to elicit an armed police response, then livestreamed the events on social media. One of those incidents happened right here in North Port.
 
Arrested are 21-year-old Kya Christian Nelson of Racine, Wisconsin, and 20-year-old James Thomas Andrew of Charlotte, North Carolina. Both are charged with one count of conspiracy to intentionally access computers without authorization. Nelson is also charged with two counts of intentionally accessing without authorization a computer and two counts of aggravated identity theft. The two were able to access the cameras by getting into the username and password information for Yahoo email accounts.
 
We’re thankful these two are being held accountable for these serious incidents