‘International Sextortion Scheme’ Leads To Arrest Of American Woman, DOJ Says

Hadja Kone, 28, of Wilmington, Delaware was arrested Friday for allegedly participating in a sextortion scheme that targeted thousands of young men across several countries, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said. Kone, along with 22-year-old Siaka Ouattara of Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire and other unnamed co-conspirators “allegedly operated an international, financially motivated sextortion and money laundering scheme” that included “cyberstalking, interstate threats, money laundering, and wire fraud” from May 2020 to December 2022, the DOJ press release stated. (RELATED: FBI Alerts Public To Surge In ‘Sextortion’ Schemes Targeting Minors) The indictment...