extortion

Bonanno wiseguy convicted of threatening turncoat, forcing hišŸŒ„m to strip naked over $150K debt

A Bonanno crime-family member who threatened to "slapšŸ· 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

ā›„ 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

"After he said I had to pay him for it, I felt like he was trying to extort me and I said, 'Nah I'mšŸ¦‹ good.' I'll just deal with how... šŸ·

Meta deletes 63K Instagram accounts in Nigeria involved in 'sextortion' schemes

The frašŸ¦¹udsters engaged in ā€œsextortionā€ schemes on Instagram and Facebook in which they threatened to reveal usersā€™ sexual photos or messages unšŸƒless they received payment.

With Sen. Bob Menendez's conviction, justice is finally served

Step 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 slā™‰eaze.

š“€ Reputed Genovese mobster has ā€˜no regretsā€™ about viral punch ā™of NYC restaurateur: lawyer

ā€œWhat would Jerry McMahon do? Knock him flat š“€out."

 Nigerian brothers plead guilty to sexual extortion after suicide death of Mich. teen šŸ 

Two 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... šŸ¤”

'Bling bishop' Lamor Whitehead convicted of fraud, attempted extortion and lying to the FBI

Aź¦ Manhattan federal jury found Whitehead guilty of all five counts he was facing.

Dak Prescott sues sexual assault aź¦šccuser for alleged $100 million extoź¦¬rtion 

Cowboys 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

Airbnb guest Shawn Mackey has accused his host of anšŸ¦‹ attempted extortion.

 Residents in bribery-plļ·½agued NYCą¹ŠHA housing wait 65 days for minor repairs: docs 

The glacial pacā™e is up 33% from the previous year whenšŸŒ it was 49.1 days, and a whopping 242% more than fiscal 2019 when it was 19.4.

Bo Jackson wins $āœ±21 million in extortion case against his own family

Former NFL and MLB Alš’ƒl-Star Bo Jackson won an extortion case against his own family.

Inside the $2 million NYC housing bribery scanšŸ”Ædal hall of shame 

The charges represent the largest number of federal briberyĀ rapsĀ brougāœØhtĀ 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

Seventy current and former NYCHA workers were busted Tuesday in a 10-year, $2M pay-to-playĀ corruptiź¦šonĀ schemeĀ involvingĀ the largest number of federal bribery chargesĀ broughtĀ in a single day in DOJ history.Ā Ā 

BšŸ„€ride arrested for extortion on her wedding day, hauled off from nuptials

A bride in Mexico was arrested for alleged extortion on her wedding day ā€” and hauled off to prison in her white gown bšŸŒøefore she could even cut her cake.

One of šŸ˜¼Chicagoā€™s longest-serving Dem pols convicted of racketeering, bribery and attempted extortion šŸ¬

The 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 hšŸ’–is positiošŸ¼n...

Reputed mobster hauled off to jail after slugging steakhouse owner -- despite lawyer's plea that he's close to death

Anthony ā€œRomā€ Romanello, 86, the elderly reputed Genovese mobster caught-on-camera slugging a New York City restaurā™‹anteur 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

The weeklong trial of Anthony ā€œRomā€ Romanello included shocking surveillance footage capturią·“ng the elderly alleged Mafioso socking restaurateur Shuqeri ā€œBrunoā€ Selimaj.

Video shows elderly mobster slugging NY restaurateur who called him 'washed up' as lawyer says he 'punches like a girl'

Video footage shows the mź¦”oment a reputed Genovese capo punched ašŸŒ„ 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

A reputed mobster allegedly šŸ¦‚sucker punched a man because the victim called him a "washed up Italian" -- not because of extortion plot, his attorney claimed.