NJ man gets 13 years in prison in Violence-as-a-service scheme

[thewayne]

Along the lines of third-party SWATting or calling in bomb threats for friends to get people out of tests, a year ago we saw a few incidents of Violence-as-a-Service. In this particular case, this asshole hired himself out to go to people's homes and literally crash a car into them, throw Molotov cocktails at them, or discharge firearms into them. For money. Then post videos of him doing these acts on to Telegram channels and brag about the acts.

In the words of Jay and Silent Bob, 'Bunch of savages in this town, Silent Bob.'

At least this guy will have a long time to reflect on how much of an idiot he is.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/10/nj-man-hired-online-to-firebomb-shoot-at-homes-gets-13-years-in-prison/

Comments

[kathmandu]

I'm glad he's been convicted and will be punished. We can't let that kind of thing go.

[thewayne]

The fact that it is a thing and there are enough anti-social people to do this just so disappoints me in humanity.

[silveradept]

I'm glad there was a conviction in this matter. What I'm pretty sure won't happen is a drop in the number of people who wants to use VaaS or SWATting to get back at others, for extremely petty reasons.

[disneydream06]

WOW, people are nuts. :o :o :o
Hugs, Jon