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Nationwide email bomb threats turn out to be an elaborate extortion hoax

Federal investigators are trying to figure out who made a wave of bomb threats across the U.S. and parts of Canada. It turned out to be an elaborate extortion hoax. The email threats demanded $20,000 payments in bitcoin. Jeff Pegues reports.
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