Inicio FBI and Partners Issue National Public Safety Alert on Financial Sextortion Schemes FBI and Partners Issue National Public Safety Alert on Financial Sextortion Schemes Posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2022 The FBI, in partnership with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), is issuing a national public safety alert regarding an explosion in incidents of children and teens being coerced into sending explicit images online and extorted for money—a crime known as financial sextortion. Click here for the full press release.