BOSTON — Former mayor Jasiel Correia II is not giving up on his bid for early release from his six-year prison sentence, doubling down in a response to prosecutors’ opposition and continuing to argue that he’s the victim of ineffective assistance of counsel by his defense attorney, Kevin Reddington. Correia filed a motion for reduction […]
A highly decorated, veteran Broward officer turned himself in following an investigation into accusations that he threatened and extorted at least one person, officials said. Sunrise police announced Tuesday that Sgt. Daniel Rodriguez surrendered on a criminal warrant, though he’s since bonded out of the Broward County Main Jail. Rodriguez faces charges of tampering with […]
By David Lewis NAIROBI (Reuters) – Tunisian border guards have rounded up migrants and passed them to counterparts in Libya where they have faced forced labour, extortion, torture and killing, according to a confidential U.N. human rights briefing seen by Reuters. The two nations are vital partners in the European Union’s efforts to stem the […]
A Miami-Dade judge’s final judgment of a civil case against a moving company owner included an injunction that said more fraud or extortion of customers would be considered contempt of court, which is punishable by fine or jail time. Fort Lauderdale’s Shawn Thompson, who Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Barket said engaged in extortion and fraud, […]
(FOX40.COM) — The FBI’s Sacramento Field Office is undergoing a 34-county-wide investigation into an extortion scheme allegedly targeting residents with familial or business ties to India. The bureau said that those targeted have been threatened with violence and it is believed that these criminal acts are being underreported. Former school board president accused of theft […]
A 35-year-old Lebanon man has been sentenced for online extortion by interstate communication, according to United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania officials. John Anthony Zayas was sentenced to 18 months in prison U.S. District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo. Between Sept. 5, 2022 and Oct. 20, 2022, Zayas attempted to extort […]
I’d like to congratulate Donald Trump on the speed with which he’s turned the Republican Party into something resembling an extortion racket. Aside from sinking his fangs into the Republican National Committee like a hungry bat on a plump Berkshire hog, the man currently spending his days in a Manhattan courtroom under criminal indictment is […]
FILE – Bishop Lamor Miller-Whitehead speaks with the media, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in New York. Miller-Whitehead, a Brooklyn preacher known for his flashy lifestyle and who boasted of his friendship with New York City’s mayor, was found guilty in federal court Monday, March 11, 2024, of wire fraud, attempted extortion and lying to the […]
Dak Prescott is suing a woman who accused him of sexual assault, claiming that she made a false accusation in an attempt to extort $100 million from the Dallas Cowboys quarterback. Prescott filed the lawsuit Monday in Collin County, Texas, the Dallas Morning News reports. Per the lawsuit, the defendant claims that Prescott sexually assaulted […]
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott filed a lawsuit in Collin County on Monday against a woman who allegedly is trying to extort $100 million from him to settle a claim for sexual assault from 2017. The case was filed in Collin County, Texas, against Victoria Shores and her attorneys, Bethel T. Zehaie and Yoel T. […]
By Eliana Raszewski BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – The government of Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei said on Monday a threat by oil-rich province Chubut to cut off gas and oil supplies amounted to “extortion” amid a brewing fight over tax disbursements to the Patagonian region. The conflict started late last week when the central government […]
A former Cheraw police officer was charged Thursday with felony sexual extortion and misconduct in the office, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division announced. CMPD officer charged with DWI after being found in patrol car along I-277, chief says Justin Brian McKenzie, 40, concealed his identity and threatened a victim using text messages. He said […]