FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 30, 2007

Washington, D.C.
FBI National Press Office
(202) 324-3691

http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel07/ ... 083007.htm

Protecting Your Business Against Extortion Bomb Threats

Several financial and commercial institutions throughout the United States have received extortion telephone calls threatening to blow up their organization unless a large sum of money was wired to an overseas bank account. Criminal intelligence analysts are sifting through local police reports to identify similarities in the threats. In addition, the FBI has launched a public campaign on how to respond to a potential bomb threat.

“The FBI, in close cooperation with our other federal, state, and local law enforcement partners, is working to identify those responsible and bring them to justice,â€