A 25-year-old Philadelphia man took a fantasy football feud a step too far, pleading guilty to federal felony charges in the end.
Matthew Gabriel was responsible for sending two fake tips to authorities in Norway and Iowa after claiming that another member of his fantasy league was planning to commit a mass shooting in Norway and “blow up the school” at the University of Iowa, the
Gabriel falsely claimed that a member of his fantasy football group, who was studying abroad in Norway, had been planning to carry out an attack after he arrived in the country later that month.
The tip set in motion a quick response that involved more than 900 investigative hours over a five-day span, which eventually led to Gabriel admitting to the FBI that he had sent in the false tip. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Gabriel knew that there was no threat and that the message was sent as a joke, alluding to the phony tip that Gabriel had previously sent in.
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