Authorities are progressing in their probe of an extortion attempt aimed at comic Kevin Hart.
Police have served multiple search warrants in connection with the high-profile investigation, reported on Friday, noting that the warrants went out right after they were signed by a judge earlier this week.
Phone records and hard drives are among the electronic evidence officials have retrieved after serving the warrants, and have been useful in identifying parties linked to the purported multi-million shakedown attempt against Hart, the outlet reported.
The extortion attempt centered around recordings of the married star in an inappropriate sexual situation with a woman, sources told , which earlier this week reported that FBI officials have a strong idea of who's responsible for the criminal plot.
The scandal erupted last week when the 38-year-old Ride Along star released a clip on Instagram in which he apologized to his pregnant wife Eniko Parrish and his two children with ex-wife Torrei Hart, 12-year-old daughter Heaven and nine-year-old son Hendrix.
In the video, Hart said he made 'a bad error in judgment' that 'hurt the people closest' to him.
The Get Hard actor said he declined to pay the unnamed parties who 'attempted' to reap a 'financial gain off of [his] mistakes,' adding that he'd 'rather fess up to [his] mistakes.'
Montia Sabbag, an actress-model linked to the scandal, said she and Hart were in an 'intimate relationship' last month, but denied having anything to do with the alleged extortion attempt on the actor in a news conference Wednesday.
'I'm not an extortionist,' said Sabbag, who was flanked by her attorney Lisa Bloom. 'I've not broken any laws. I had nothing to do with these recordings.'
Bloom said that Sabbag was also a victim 'of multiple felonies under state and federal law' in the incident, as she was illegally recorded while with Hart in a Las Vegas hotel suite.
Sabbag was not asking for any money from Hart and had not been contacted by police in the incident, Bloom said, inviting the Philadelphia-born comic to aid in their efforts 'in bringing the perpetrator to justice.'
