Overview

• Alan Filion, a Lancaster, California resident, pleaded guilty to four federal charges of making interstate threats to injure others.
• Between August 2022 and January 2024, Filion made over 375 swatting calls, falsely reporting bomb threats and planned mass shootings to emergency services.
• Targets included high schools, colleges, religious institutions, government officials, and private individuals, often causing armed police raids.
• Filion admitted to conducting swatting both recreationally and for profit, advertising his services online and charging fees for hoax calls.
• The case involved multiple law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and Secret Service, and was prosecuted in the Middle District of Florida.