A Las Vegas man pleaded guilty on February 21 to multiple charges including extortion, money laundering and stalking - among others.
28-year old Idriss Qibaa allegedly threatened force and extorted $200,000 from a victim, part of that being around $63,500 worth of cryptocurrency.
According to court documents, in the summer of 2024 Qibaa sent text messages and made posts online to harass his victims.
The harassment escalated in July 2024, when Qibaa sent messages threatening to injure and kill a victim and their family. The threats continued to another victim later that same month.
If Qibaa is found guilty at sentencing, he faces maximum sentences of:
- 20 years for extortion
- 10 years for each money laundering charge (2)
- 5 years for stalking
- 5 years for each interstate communications containing a threat to injure (2)
The FBI and Beverly Hills Police Department ran the investigation on the case, and the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Nevada are responsible for prosecuting the case.
