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Bonanno wiseguy convicted of threatening turncoat, forcing hišm to strip naked over $150K debt
October 11, 2024 | 4:31pmA Bonanno crime-family member who threatened to "slapš· the s--t out" of a turncoat and then forced him to strip butt naked to find a wire was found guilty of...
FBI wiretap caught Bonanno wiseguy threatening to 'slap the s---t' out of mob turncoat ā if he ratted him out
October 9, 2024 | 2:40pmā Reputed wiseguy John "The Maniac" Ragano threatened to go after a mob turncoat if he informed on him to the feds, according to an FBI wiretap played in Brooklyn federal...
NYC bar owner claims outgoing NYPD commish's bro tried to 'extort' him over police enforcement: report
September 12, 2024 | 11:05pm"After he said I had to pay him for it, I felt like he was trying to extort me and I said, 'Nah I'mš¦ good.' I'll just deal with how... š·
Meta deletes 63K Instagram accounts in Nigeria involved in 'sextortion' schemes
July 24, 2024 | 1:01pmThe fraš¦¹udsters engaged in āsextortionā schemes on Instagram and Facebook in which they threatened to reveal usersā sexual photos or messages unšless they received payment.
With Sen. Bob Menendez's conviction, justice is finally served
July 16, 2024 | 7:43pmStep back in awe of Sen. Bob Menendez's arrogance: He got got away with it once ā and then went right back to rolling in slāeaze.
š Reputed Genovese mobster has āno regretsā about viral punch āof NYC restaurateur: lawyer
April 29, 2024 | 5:41pmāWhat would Jerry McMahon do? Knock him flat šout."
Nigerian brothers plead guilty to sexual extortion after suicide death of Mich. teen š
April 11, 2024 | 10:52amTwo brothers from Nigeria pleaded guilty Wednesday in connection with an international sextortion ring after they threatened to release a nude photo of a 17-year-old Michigan boy ā driving him... š¤”
'Bling bishop' Lamor Whitehead convicted of fraud, attempted extortion and lying to the FBI
March 12, 2024 | 12:15amAź¦ Manhattan federal jury found Whitehead guilty of all five counts he was facing.
Dak Prescott sues sexual assault aź¦ccuser for alleged $100 million extoź¦¬rtion
March 11, 2024 | 9:31pmCowboys quarterą¦back Dak Prescott has filed a lawsuit against a woman who accused him of sexual assault, alleging that she and her lawyers extorted him.
Angry Airbnb host sent guest's wife security photo of him with another woman, lawsuit claims
February 14, 2024 | 2:49pmAirbnb guest Shawn Mackey has accused his host of anš¦ attempted extortion.
Residents in bribery-plļ·½agued NYCą¹HA housing wait 65 days for minor repairs: docs
February 10, 2024 | 9:13amThe glacial pacāe is up 33% from the previous year whenš it was 49.1 days, and a whopping 242% more than fiscal 2019 when it was 19.4.
Bo Jackson wins $ā±21 million in extortion case against his own family
February 9, 2024 | 8:07pmFormer NFL and MLB Alšl-Star Bo Jackson won an extortion case against his own family.
Inside the $2 million NYC housing bribery scanšÆdal hall of shame
February 6, 2024 | 8:59pmThe charges represent the largest number of federal briberyĀ rapsĀ brougāØhtĀ in a single day in Department of Justice history.
70 current and ex-NYCHA workers cuffed in historic, decade-long $2Mš§ bribį£ery and extortion bust
February 6, 2024 | 9:18amSeventy current and former NYCHA workers were busted Tuesday in a 10-year, $2M pay-to-playĀ corruptiź¦onĀ schemeĀ involvingĀ the largest number of federal bribery chargesĀ broughtĀ in a single day in DOJ history.Ā Ā
Bš„ride arrested for extortion on her wedding day, hauled off from nuptials
January 15, 2024 | 11:32amA bride in Mexico was arrested for alleged extortion on her wedding day ā and hauled off to prison in her white gown bšøefore she could even cut her cake.
One of š¼Chicagoās longest-serving Dem pols convicted of racketeering, bribery and attempted extortion š¬
December 21, 2023 | 9:20pmThe 79-year-old Democrat was convicted on 13 of the 14 charges leveled against him in a 2019 federal indictment accusing the veteran Chicago City Council member of using hšis positioš¼n...
Reputed mobster hauled off to jail after slugging steakhouse owner -- despite lawyer's plea that he's close to death
December 12, 2023 | 5:14pmAnthony āRomā Romanello, 86, the elderly reputed Genovese mobster caught-on-camera slugging a New York City restaurāanteur was hauled off to jail Tuesday following his extortion convictioną¶£.
'Washed up' Genovese mobster convicted in NYC extortion case that included him socking steakhouse owner
December 11, 2023 | 4:54pmThe weeklong trial of Anthony āRomā Romanello included shocking surveillance footage capturią·“ng the elderly alleged Mafioso socking restaurateur Shuqeri āBrunoā Selimaj.
Video shows elderly mobster slugging NY restaurateur who called him 'washed up' as lawyer says he 'punches like a girl'
November 30, 2023 | 11:48amVideo footage shows the mź¦”oment a reputed Genovese capo punched aš Manhattan restaurateur in an attempt to allegedly collect on an $86,000 debt.
Aging mobster 'punched' NYC steakhouse owner for calling him 'washed-up Italian' -- not because of extortion plot: lawyer
November 29, 2023 | 5:36pmA reputed mobster allegedly š¦sucker punched a man because the victim called him a "washed up Italian" -- not because of extortion plot, his attorney claimed.