Two foreign nationals have been charged with a yearslong swatting conspiracy targeting U.S. lawmakers and others, the Department of Justice announced.
Thomasz Szabo, 26, of Romania, and Nemanja Radovanovic, 21, of Serbia, obtained the personal information and home addresses for more than 100 victims and, between December 2020 and January of this year, led “swatting” attacks in which they falsely reported emergencies to provoke a police response, according to an indictment unsealed Wednesday.
The targets included 61 “official victims,” including members of Congress, Cabinet-level executive branch officials, senior officials of federal law enforcement agencies and state officials, the indictment states.
