Extortion

MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ANGELO NICOSIA, an associate of the Genovese Organized Crime Family of La Cosa Nostra, was found...

The former president of Local 1181 of the Amalgamated Transit Union was sentenced in federal court Thursday to 57 months in prison after pleading guilty last January to extorting tens of thousands of... Continue reading at The Chicago Syndicate

New York Post REV. AL SOAKS UP BOYCOTT BUCKS BIZ GIANTS PAY OR FACE RACE RALLIES June 15, 2008 — Anheuser-Busch gave him six figures, Colgate-Palmolive shelled out $50,000 and Macy’s and Pfizer have contributed thousands to the Rev. Al Sharpton’s charity. Almost 50 companies - including PepsiCo, General Motors, Wal-Mart, FedEx, Continental Airlines, Johnson & Johnson and Cha

ex·tor·tion -1: the act or practice of extorting especially money or other property; especially : the offense committed by an official engaging in such practiceThere are some kooks out there that just want to get pregnant. Women have the upper hand in this, they want a baby a few months later you are in court. A woman can tell you she is on birth control and if you care for her you will trust he

A key witness in the R Kelly child pornography trial attempted to extort money from the singer, a court in Chicago has heard.Private Investigator Jack Palladino said the woman and her fiance used "coded language" to request a pay-off in return for changing her evidence.The witness, Lisa Van Allen, claims to have taken part in sex sessions with R Kelly and an underage girl.Her testimony is central

The Reverend Al Sharpton’s National Action Network has issued a response in regards to recent allegations that he was on some extortion ish:“According to Bruce Williams, a confidant of Dr. Dre and author of the recently released book Rollin’ With Dre, Sharpton allegedly demanded $500,000 dollars from the mega-producer to end The Game’s feud with 50 Cent, or NAN would organize a march and b

The Reverend Al Sharpton’s National Action Network has issued a response in regards to recent allegations that he was on some extortion ish:“According to Bruce Williams, a confidant of Dr. Dre and author of the recently released book Rollin’ With Dre, Sharpton allegedly demanded $500,000 dollars from the mega-producer to end The Game’s feud with 50 Cent, or NAN would organize a march and b

Mr. William "Bill" Stanley (aka Jim Rickson): Due to your continuous and threatening phone calls about removing content from doctorscorecard.com, we, the sight administrators were given ample information to figure out who you are, what you are all about, and who you may be working for. IF you are working for Dr. William Boothe (the lasik eye surgeon) of Plano TX, it is important for you to unders

Lake County, Fla. (ThaLunatic Daily) -- Adam Ward, a 33 year old part time firefighter has been arrested and charged with possession of child pornography after he tried to turn his wife in for extortion.According to reports, Mr. Ward's estranged wife Marcy Ward left a voice mail message telling her husband that she had his computer files and wanted money. Adam Ward contacted police, complainin

Reflections of Fidel: THE first report I saw came from the Italian news agency ANSA on April 22. "La Paz, April 22.— A commission of deputies are to investigate the case of Bolivian scholarship student who died in Cuba, and whose body was repatriated without several vital organs, including the brain. "Guillermo Mendoza, president of the Chamber’s Social Policy Commission, announced that he would ask the Foreign Ministry for all facts on the case, according to the Catholic news agency Fides. "The family of Beatriz Porco Calle, who was studying in Cuba on a scholarship, claimed that Cuban Embassy officials delivered her body without her eyes, tongue, teeth or other vital organs, including her brain, without any explanation whatsoever. "Deputy Mendoza said he would carry out

By KEN RITTER Associated Press Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) _ Adam ”Pacman” Jones paid ”extortion” money to a 29-year-old man arrested for a Las Vegas strip club shooting that left a club employee paralyzed, police said. Arvin Kenti Edwards, of Renton, Wash., allegedly used go-betweens to reach Jones, who paid $15,000 in two installments after the shooting, [...]

Originally posted Wednesday April 09, 2008 05:00 PM EDT Rob Lowe's nanny will use the courts to answer his claims she's trying to extort $1.5 million from him, the nanny's rep says."Our complaint will speak for itself. Everything in the complaint is true. We do not need the media to win the case," her rep tells Extra.In a preemptive action, Lowe claimed in a blog post Monday that the woman is demanding the money from him and his wife "or she will accuse us both of a vicious laundry list of false terribles," including false claims of sexual harassment.Lowe, 44, has also filed lawsuits against nanny Jessica Gibson and two other former employees.

Originally posted Monday April 07, 2008 11:50 PM EDT Rob Lowe, who accused a former nanny of trying to extort $1.5 million from him and his wife, went a step further on Monday, filing three separate lawsuits against two of his former nannies and his former chef.Lowe, who wrote an article on The Huffington Post condemning the nanny for what he described as an "attempt to damage and humiliate" his family, filed court papers in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles counties accusing the ex-employees of breach of contract, defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress.Accusations Against Ex-NannyIn a 26-page complaint against the longtime former nanny, Lowe's lawyers say the woman claimed to have "a personal and intimate relationship (with Lowe), and, in effect, accusing Rob Lowe of infi

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — An 81-year-old Texas woman has pleaded guilty to trying to extort $2 million from Hall of Fame quarterback Bart Starr. Ruby Y. Young of Kerrville pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court. She received a probated sentence and agreed not to have any contact with Starr or his family. ADVERTISEMENT

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — An 81-year-old Texas woman has pleaded guilty to trying to extort $2 million from Hall of Fame quarterback Bart Starr. Ruby Y. Young of Kerrville pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court. more…

Gay Des Moines Democrat Denies WrongdoingState Sen. Matt McCoy used his elected office to extort nearly $2,000 from a Des Moines security company, according to a federal indictment issued Wednesday.McCoy, a Democrat who has represented parts of Des Moines' south and west sides since 1996, faces up to 20 years in prison if he is convicted of violating the Hobbs Act, a 60-year-old federal anti-racketeering law.Wednesday's indictment capped a more than yearlong investigation that, according to McCoy, includes more than 10 hours of taped conversations with a business partner turned federal informant.McCoy has denied wrongdoing. He is expected to be arraigned on March 29.Read Article... ***Yepsen Becomes McCoy Apologist"With A Queer Perspective"Yepsen writes: "So we now have the specter of a politically ambitious, evangelical Republican with ties to the religious right going after a gay Democrat.Does this seem fair? Even if Whitaker has the goods on a south-side political kingpin like McC

Isn't this the opposite of giving peace a chance? New York police arrested chauffeur Koral Karsan Wednesday for allegedly trying to bilk Yoko Ono for $2 million. The 50-year-old man, who reportedly worked for Ono for at least six years, has been charged with first-degree attempted grand larceny in a case that a Manhattan prosecutor called "truly overwhelming."According to a letter written by the defendant that was read in Manhattan Criminal Court Thursday morning, Karsan claimed to have people "on standby waiting to kill the victim on his orders" and was planning to move to Turkey and pen a tell-all book about John Lennon's widow if she didn't meet his demands, prosecutor Maureen O'Connor said.Police said that authorities were alerted after Karsan dropped off the above note—and a photo of Ono in her nightclothes—in front of the Dakota apartment building, where Ono has lived since the 1970s. Karsan is said to have picked Dec. 8—the 26th anniversary of Lennon's death—to rela

Penny is again interested in potty training. We've been trying off and on for almost a year and like always, this time I think it's the real deal. My incentive has been a chocolate chip: 1 chip for going #1, 2 chips for #2. She relishes her "potty candy" and never lets me forget to dish out the goods.Today she did her thing then looked at me expectantly."Good job, Penny!" I gushed. "Would you like your potty candy?""Actually...I want your watch."This is not good. Not good at all.