Alan W. Filion made nearly 400 swatting and threat calls between August 2022 and January 2024, according to a statement released by the DOJ.

February 13, 2025 – Alan W. Filion, 18, of Lancaster, California, was sentenced on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, to 48 months in prison for making interstate threats to injure the person of another.

A California teenager was sentenced to 48 months in prison on Tuesday following a series of interstate threats to injure individuals across the country. Alan W. Filion, 18, of Lancaster, Calif., made more than 375 swatting and threat calls to authorities in which he claimed to have planted bombs,