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News & Current Events Apr 30, 2026 at 12:29 AM

Romanian man sentenced to prison for swatting spree targeting dozens of US officials

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Romanian man sentenced to prison for swatting spree targeting dozens of US officials
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Romanian man sentenced to prison for swatting spree targeting dozens of US officials
A Romanian man has been sentenced to four years in prison for organizing a wave of swatting calls and bomb threats against dozens of U.S. government targets, including members of Congress, cabinet-level officials, federal judges and the heads of federa...

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vast144 Apr 30, 2026 +56
Isn't 4 years too lenient for US?
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A_Nonny_Muse Apr 30, 2026 +15
And why didn't ICE take him from the court room and deport him? Why aren't they doing their job?
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AudibleNod Apr 30, 2026 +226
>“This administration will not tolerate attacks on the institutions and individuals who serve this country,” Pirro said in a statement. On January 24, 2025, President Donald Trump confirmed he ended federal security protection for Dr. Anthony Fauci, stating, "When you work for government, at some point your security detail comes off, and you know, you can't have them forever". When asked if he would feel responsible if harm came to Fauci, who has faced threats, Trump replied, "Certainly I would not take responsibility".
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BurnerProfile69420 Apr 30, 2026 +52
like hes not going keep himself surrounded by ss (and secret service) indefinitely.
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Dopplegangr1 Apr 30, 2026 +26
I mean, indefinitely for him is not very long
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kazame Apr 30, 2026 +1
One small comfort we can be thankful for
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DoubleTapBottleCap Apr 30, 2026 +99
People who swat deserve a special place in hell.
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prsiii Apr 30, 2026 +69
According to Dante's Inferno, that would be the 8th circle of Hell, the circle for fraud, and section 10 within that circle reserved for falsifiers. It's pretty far down there, like the 2nd row behind the grand stage, off to the side, with an unobstructed view of the main torment. Definitely premium seats, so be prepared to run up the credit card for those
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Dramatic-Emphasis-43 Apr 30, 2026 +26
The 9th branch, for sowers of discord (where they would really belong because falsifier is for alchemists and probably snake oil salesmen), are forced to walk in a circle with grievous wounds inflicted by demons with swords. Seems fitting.
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SchroederWV Apr 30, 2026 +4
I did not realize my use of a web communications app was such heretical behavior.
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A_Flamboyant_Warlock May 3, 2026 +1
It always seemed do petty to me. Like, somebody definitely ripped Dante off good, and he never forgot about it. He was the first guy to be mildly slighted and say 'there's a special place in hell for you'. Murderers and rapists? On the way down, like 3rd and 4th rings. That guy who sold Dante bad inks? The deepest, darkest, coldest, blackest part of the abyss.
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Dramatic-Emphasis-43 May 3, 2026 +3
Sorry to get all “Dante scholar” here of all places, but Dante gives some good reasons for why fraud and treachery are so far down. Basically, fraud demonstrates an extreme lack of love and treachery represents the opposite of love where love should be. Both of them are more intentional and cold than any other sins. Murderers and rapist are also scattered all over hell. He recognized that sins like those are committed for all sorts of reasons. Someone who murdered to get a ton of gold might be sent to the fourth circle of greed, someone who murdered out of extreme passion might be sent to the fifth circle of anger, but someone who betrayed their best friend for money would be sent to ninth circle of treachery. Basically murder itself isn’t the sin, it’s the result of the sin. (And since he was a former soldier, he would have recognized that there could be good reasons for taking someone’s life, as regrettable as it might be).
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prsiii 5 days ago +1
^This person Hells
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Random_Words_1827 Apr 30, 2026 +35
Not the cops who are to blame for making the situation dangerous? If cops were reasonable, and not violent psychotic assholes, then swatting wouldn't be a thing.
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alwayssunnyinskyrim Apr 30, 2026 +34
Amazing how many of these discussions overlook this point. “Swatting” isn’t even a thing in other countries, with non-psychotic police
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Bgrngod Apr 30, 2026 +13
That fact anyone can get an army to go kick down a door with nothing but a phone call is pure insanity. That army being a bunch of scared trigger happy lunatics who are trained to immediately shoot at anyone exercising their 2nd amendments rights is equally insane.
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PatchyWhiskers Apr 30, 2026
And the hair-trigger police in the USA are the result of lax gun regulation, meaning that the cops have to assume every civilian is armed.
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Dorsai_Erynus May 1, 2026 +5
Here in Spain, when GEOs (spanish SWAT) are called it means shit hit the fan already, and they assume everyone is armed; yet you hardly know when they arrive and leave. Never in their story did they killed an innocent and lost exactly 5 agents since 1977.
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Random_Words_1827 Apr 30, 2026 -2
This is the most dogshit take I've ever heard lol.
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Current_Mongoose_844 Apr 30, 2026 +30
U.S federal officials deserve worse.
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prsiii Apr 30, 2026 +18
Well, since we're buying tickets to the show, some would get seats in the 9th circle (Treachery), Round 2 (traitors to their country) basically 1st row stage right, a few in Round 4 (traitors to their guests) just left of center, and the rest are in the 8th circle in various sections. Most of them are rich, so they can afford the seats...
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LateElf Apr 30, 2026 +12
As a big Dante fan, I appreciate these comments more than you know
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spinnyround Apr 30, 2026 +2
I would say there’s dozens of us, but it appears to only be about a dozen so far
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Osiris32 Apr 30, 2026 +1
What's the version for Larry Niven's Inferno?
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Calm_Memories Apr 30, 2026 +3
There's enough room in hell for everyone, don't worry.
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blankvoidoid Apr 30, 2026 +3
Obviously not a Romero fan. "When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth."
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LawfulnessKooky8490 Apr 30, 2026 +3
At least they're predictable
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deejay-tech Apr 30, 2026 +4
In fairness, the officials he swatted probably deserve the same.
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UDonKnowMee81 Apr 30, 2026 +5
Near pedophiles and people who talk in the theatre.
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blackopal2 Apr 30, 2026 -14
Hey, I talk in theaters.
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TomatoKaya Apr 30, 2026 +6
Feels like these cyber hoaxes are finally getting real jail time attached
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Efficient-Bedroom227 6 days ago +1
It's not that this activity is only dangerous to TrUmP or whatever, these fuckers will sell this service to you so that you can extort people, intimidate and occupy emergency services in order to commit OTHER CRIMES. It's a distracta-crime. Part of packages available for hire on the DaRk WeB. This isn't an activity by some weird loser doing it for clout, it's an organized crime tool. Weird losers got on the wagon and swatted other gamers and people ended up dead as a result so things got so far out of hand with this, something drastic had to be done. It isn't about the orange man, it's much bigger
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thepianoman456 Apr 30, 2026 +1
I like to imagine a man running around slap happy with a fly swatter
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holguinero Apr 30, 2026 -22
Thomasz Szabo is a Hungarian name.
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Figshitter Apr 30, 2026 +28
What an utter impossibility, a person with Hungarian heritage living all the way in distant Romania!
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holguinero May 1, 2026 -3
You must be joking…
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Figshitter May 1, 2026 +5
Do try to follow along
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skinnyman87 May 1, 2026 +2
Maybe but that doesn't make him any less Romanian.
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[deleted] Apr 30, 2026 -22
[removed]
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forgat_spindoctor Apr 30, 2026 +19
Least racist European
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Ulfednar Apr 30, 2026 +3
You're a f****** imbecile.
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