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Romanian man pleads guilty to 'swatting' plot that targeted an ex-U.S. president and lawmakers

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Thomasz Szabo , 26 , is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 23 by U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in Washington , D.C. Szabo was extradited from Romania in November 2024 .

He was charged with Nemanja Radovanovic , 21 , of Serbia .

The two men targeted roughly 100 people with “swatting” calls to instigate an aggressive response by police.

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69

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66

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32

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formal

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English

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58

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