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Letter: Extortion tactics

Tulsa World 22 Mar 2025
"Are you saddened, as I am, to start feeling some distrust of our president?" asks Tulsa resident John Atherton ... .
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One held for extorting money from rickshaw drivers

Urdu Point 22 Mar 2025
<p>MULTAN, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Mar, 2025) The Multan police have taken action against individuals extorting money from rickshaw drivers under the name of 'adda tax' ...
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TNI claims extortion behind fatal shooting of three Lampung Police officers

The Jakarta Post 22 Mar 2025
... officers by two soldiers during a raid on an illegal cockfighting arena in Negara Batin district, Way Kanan regency, Lampung, was triggered by an alleged extortion involving one of the officers.
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Man arrested for extortion attempt; threatened to leak obscene video of previous employer’s son

Hindustan Times 22 Mar 2025
The Sinhagad Road police have arrested a man for attempting to extort ₹25 lakh from his previous employer – president of an educational institute – by threatening to leak an obscene video of the latter’s son.
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Maharashtra woman who accused BJP min of harassment arrested for extortion

Hindustan Times 22 Mar 2025
A woman who accused Maharashtra minister Jaykumar Gore of harassment was arrested for alleged extortion after she was caught accepting money, police said on Friday. Jaykumar Gore, a BJP leader, is the minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj.
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Woman who had accused minister Gore of harassment arrested for ‘extortion’

Hindustan Times 22 Mar 2025
A woman who had accused Maharashtra minister Jaykumar Gore of harassment has been arrested for allegedly trying to extort ₹3 crore to settle the matter, police said on Friday.
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Four fake IB officers arrested for extorting ₹11.50 Lakh from SoBo jeweller

Hindustan Times 22 Mar 2025
In a swift operation, the police arrested four individuals who posed as Intelligence Bureau (IB) officials from Delhi and extorted ₹11.50 lakh from a jeweller in south Mumbai.
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Woman who accused Maharashtra minister Jaykumar Gore of harassment held for extortion

The Times of India 22 Mar 2025
A Satara-based woman who had accused Maharashtra minister Jaykumar Gore of harassment was arrested while accepting Rs 1 crore as the first tranche of the Rs 3 crore she had allegedly demanded to ...
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Four, including gangster's wife, held for extortion in Delhi's Dwarka

Hindustan Times 22 Mar 2025
New Delhi, Delhi Police has apprehended four people, including the wife of a gangster and a minor, for their involvement in an extortion case in Dwarka area, an official said on Saturday.
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FBI Issues ‘Medusa’ Alert As Hackers Target Critical Infrastructure, Extort Victims for Cash

The Daily Hodl 22 Mar 2025
... amount already paid and requested half of the payment be made again to provide the “true decryptor” in what the agency describes as a potential “triple extortion scheme.”.
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Lawmaker demands probe into suicide allegedly triggered by police extortion

The Jakarta Post 21 Mar 2025
... called for a thorough investigation into the death of Rizkil Watoni, a civil servant in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), who reportedly took his own life after being extorted by a local police officer.
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Kidnapped by 'friends': How a gang used social media to trap victims and extort lakhs

The Times of India 21 Mar 2025
... for kidnapping and extortion via a social networking app.
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