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Judge Sentences Swatter to Four Years, $500K Wasted

4/30/2026

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  • District Judge Amy Berman Jackson sentenced Thomasz Szabo to four years after his June 2025 guilty plea to conspiracy and explosives-threat charges.
  • Prosecutors said Szabo’s swatting network wasted over $500,000 in taxpayer funds and caused massive havoc.
  • He was extradited from Romania in November 2024 following Secret Service questioning in January 2024.
  • Co-defendant Alan Filion, 18, received four years for 375 swatting calls while Serbian suspect Nemanja Radovanovic remains pending.