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Extortion is a common law crime in Scotland of using threat of harm to demand money, property or some advantage from another person. It does not matter whether the demand itself is legitimate (such as for money owed) as the crime can still be committed when illegitimate threats of harm are used.
Victims have lost up to $500,000 after falling for new scamming techniques.
Operation Bid Rig was a long-term investigation into political corruption in New Jersey conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service, and the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 2002 to 2014.
State Senator Tony Navarrete (D) convicted of sexual relations with a minor. (2024) [9] State Senator Keith Bee (R) convicted of fraud. (2022) [10] State Representative Liz Harris (R) invited conspiracy theorists to speak before the Arizona House of Representatives and was accused by the State Senate of having “violated the integrity of the House,” and was expelled.
Seven Essex County men were charged in a brazen scheme to steal luxury cars in Tenafly, Ridgewood, Paramus, Fair Lawn and elsewhere, officials said.
An Ohio Chamber task force introduced a package of proposals on Friday meant to reduce the problem of retail theft. Rick Carfagna, the chamber's senior vice president of government affairs, speaks ...
Mayor of Jersey City, John V. Kenny (D) In 1971, he was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey and convicted, along with the then-mayor Whelan and former City Council president Thomas Flaherty, in federal court of conspiracy and extortion in a multimillion-dollar political kickback scheme on city and county ...
The former head of ELEC, the campaign finance watchdog, wanted to block changes that drastically cut the time it had to investigate violations.