How the FBI cracked a “sextortion” plot against pro poker players

Ars Technica
By Nate AndersonApr 29, 2013, 9:00 pm573 pts
Aurich Lawson / Thinkstock At 8:05am on the morning of December 1, 2010, an FBI search warrant team swarmed up to a Silicon Valley home on an unusual misson: find the "sextortionist" who had been blackmailing pro poker players over the Internet. One agent pounded on the door and shouted out, "FBI!" Movement…

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