The ringleader was charged with conspiracy to commit a crime, aggravated assault, and extortion.
You can no more use digital media to commit extortion than you can any other medium.
They committed murder, extortion, robbery and burglary with such regularity that these crimes were to them the equivalent of a nine to five job.
Count 1 of the charges was Conspiracy to commit child abduction, false imprisonment, and extortion.
In 1978, Natale and three others were arrested on charges of conspiracy to commit extortion.
He was in a store collecting money for their kids' breakfast program and was arrested for attempting to commit extortion.
But would they commit extortion and racketeering only here?
In February, he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and extortion.
Today, the federal government charged Mr. Muhammad with using murder as a way to commit extortion across state lines.
Aren't these companies committing extortion by threatening to leave unless given a tidy tax break?