A man is accused of phoning in bomb threats to Harvard University and demanding a large amount of Bitcoin in return, federal prosecutors said.
William Giordani, of Nashua, New Hampshire, was arrested Tuesday on charges of conspiracy and aiding and abetting extortionate threats. He has a detention hearing scheduled in federal court in Boston on Friday. It wasn't immediately known if he had an attorney.
Police said Giordani was allegedly seen on camera picking up the order at the store, and on surveillance video near where the device was found.
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