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Affidavit: TV 'Millionaire' In Extortion Bid
2014-05-30 02:55:36| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
A Tennessee man who appeared on "The Millionaire Matchmaker" is accused of trying to extort $2.5 million from a nuclear weapons plant in exchange for 1,200 slides that he allegedly claimed would be damaging if released publicly.
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Real estate agent, accused of having sex in Wayne client's home, claims extortion in countersuit
2014-01-15 04:37:04| Real Estate - Topix.net
That's the choice a Wayne real estate agent claims he was presented by a homeowner suing him for allegedly overpricing his home so that it wouldn't sell while he and a female colleague met there and had sex - trysts the homeowner says were captured on videotape by a security camera.
Obama: Republicans using 'extortion'
2013-10-08 23:03:08| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
US President Obama says he is willing to hold budget talks with Republicans, but not until they agree to lift "threats" against the nation's economy.
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Icahn vs. Apple: When Did Extortion Become Legal?
2013-08-19 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
What Carl Icahn has been doing with Dell -- and now with Apple -- is kind of like a protection racket. These were popular in the 1920s -- you paid the crime syndicate a fee if you wanted to say in business. I'm wondering if Icahn has found a legal way to extort money from companies in trouble. Icahn not only doesn't provide value for the "help" he gives -- he actually drains the firm's resources.
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Duo who posed as gangster Ravi Pujari's men arrested for extortion
2013-07-15 08:08:34| Real Estate - Topix.net
A debt-ridden real estate agent and a Std XII pass-out would call jewellers, claim they were gangster Ravi Pujari's men, and extract cash from them A debt-ridden real estate agent and a Std XII pass-out would call jewellers, claim they were gangster Ravi Pujari's men, and extract cash from them A debt-ridden real estate agent and a Std XII pass-out ... (more)