The teen was convicted for reporting a plane from the UK to San Francisco had been hijacked, triggering a major security scare when it landed. During the call he claims his daughter contacted him from the flight to say it had been hijacked by gunmen, one of whom had a bomb. He also sent emails to schools across the UK and America warning that bombs had been planted in classrooms. Duke-Cohan previously admitted three counts of making hoax bomb threats at Luton Magistrates' Court. VeltPvP later issued a statement which read: "We have nothing to do with the bomb threats that were sent out to the 400+ UK schools.

Source: Daily Mirror December 07, 2018 21:45 UTC