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New California Bill Aims to Close Loophole in Child Online Extortion Cases

A growing crime, where adults extort minors using other minors, has increased significantly in recent years, catching the attention of State Sen. Tony Strickland and Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes, and motivating them to introduce a bill to stop it.

“This is a growing crime, in fact it has grown over 125 percent—adults using minors to go after other minors,” Strickland said in an interview with The Daily Signal.

Strickland compared this crime to how gangs will sometimes force minors to commit crimes on the gang’s behalf, often called “crash dummies.”

“There was a loophole in our state law, and now what it does is hold the adult accountable who uses a minor to go after another minor.”

Strickland says the bill he introduced, the Protecting Our Children from Online Extortion Act, would close this loophole.

The bill is described as expanding California‘s........

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