Man Accused in Harvard Bomb Threat and Extortion Plot Sentenced to 3 Years Probation

Man Accused in Harvard Bomb Threat and Extortion Plot Sentenced to 3 Years Probation
Attorney Jane Peachy (L) and client William Giordani, of Nashua, N.H., walk out of federal court in Boston on Jan. 10, 2024. Steve LeBlanc/AP Photo
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—A New Hampshire man accused of participating in a plot in which a caller issued bomb threats last year to Harvard University and demanded a large amount of bitcoin was sentenced Thursday to three years of probation.

The threats caused the evacuation of Harvard’s Science Center Plaza and surrounding academic buildings, and the controlled detonation of what was later determined to be a hoax device on April 13, 2023, according to prosecutors.