British man jailed after FBI tracked him over swatting hoax calls

A British man has been sentenced to two years and three months for encouraging swatting hoax calls, after the FBI traced him through international chat rooms.

• Callum Dare, 26, from Talbot Green, was arrested in October 2019 after the FBI identified him in international chat rooms.
• One hoax call claimed bombs under chairs at the University of California, causing an evacuation, and another claimed a bomb at a Cardiff hotel, leading to area closure.
• Dare admitted being administrator of a website encouraging malicious communications and bomb hoaxes, and possessing phishing software for dark web fraud.
• Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke sentenced him, stating she was satisfied he intended others to carry out swatting offences in the US.