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Extortion
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White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Photographer Convicted for Trying to Blackmail Cameron Diaz
By Ellen Podgor
John Rutter was convicted of forgery, attempted larceny, and perjury related to his attempt to blackmail actress Cameron Diaz to pay him $3.5 million to prevent him from selling topless…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Never Too Young to Spam
By Ellen Podgor
Anthony Greco, who is 18, entered a guilty plea today in Los Angeles to making extortionate threats against an internet instant messaging company, MySpace.com, if it did not give him…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
News Across the Country
By Ellen Podgor
A stock analyst is Wyoming pled guilty to extortion for threatening to damage the reputation of a company. (See here). Initially the charges were wire fraud, securities fraud, and other…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Sixth Circuit Mail Fraud Decision
By Ellen Podgor
The Sixth Circuit issued a decision on Feb. 8 (U.S. v. Douglas) reversing the dismissal of an indictment of two former United Auto Workers representatives charging them with mail fraud,…
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Extortion Online
Online extortion rings are becoming more prevalent and capable of inflicting increasing amounts of damage. Alan Paller, of the SANS institute, a security training organization, calls this new phenomenon an…