A man accused in a Harvard bomb threat and extortion plot is sentenced to 3 years probation

Updated On: 27 April, 2024 06:56 AM IST | Cambridge (US) | AP | PTI

The caller demanded an unspecified amount in Bitcoin to prevent the remote detonation of the bombs, prosecutors said. Only one hoax device was discovered

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A New Hampshire man accused of participating in a plot in which a caller issued bomb threats last year to Harvard University and demanded a large amount of bitcoin was sentenced on Thursday to three years of probation.

The threats caused the evacuation of Harvard's Science Centre Plaza and surrounding academic buildings, and the controlled detonation of what was later determined to be a hoax device on April 13, 2023, according to prosecutors.