DOJ awards Louisiana $1 million to assist cybercrime victims

By: Louisiana Illuminator

Outlets: Louisiana Illuminator

Published: September 29, 2026

Words: 138

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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The Trump administration has provided Louisiana’s attorney general with a $1 million grant to support victims of cybercrime, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.

The money will be used in “a statewide effort to identify, serve and empower victims of technology-facilitated abuse, including image-based sexual abuse, non-consensual dissemination of intimate images and sextortion,” according to a DOJ news release.

The effort will fund the creation of victim’s rights materials and other …

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