Two European men, one in Serbia and one in Romania, have been indicted on 34 counts each for a series of swatting calls–fake emergency calls to local police hoping to elicit an armed response and violent outcome at the target’s home–that took place in December 2023 and into 2024, Newsweek reports.
Thomas Szabo and Nemanja Radovanovic face 34 counts each of making threats and conspiracy. Szabo is also charged relating to making a call to a crisis hotline on January 17, 2021 threatening to detonate bombs and kill Joe Biden.
The swatting calls targeted Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, Florida Senator Rick Scott, Georgia Equiness Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Judge Tanya Chutkan. Others targeted included journalists and local government leaders. Officials say there appears to be no political agenda behind the calls other than to target people who were in the news.