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Telegram comes under the scanner in India for extortion and gambling – will it be banned in India?
Pavel Durov, the co-founder and the chief executive officer of popular messaging platform Telegram …
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Two police personnel posing as Income Tax officers held for bid to extort Delhi businessman
Two police personnel, allegedly impersonating income tax officials, were arrested by the Delhi Poli…
ANI
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911 call logs for Tesla's HQ reveal reports of 'terroristic' threats and attempted extortion
Tesla headquarters' 911 call logs reveal threats made against ex-CFO Zachary Kirkhorn and other emp…
Natalie Musumeci,Grace Kay
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'You hate Donald Trump!' Stormy Daniels accused of vendetta, extortion in scorching cross-examination
During a fiery cross-examination in the hush-money trial, Stormy Daniels fought back against accusa…
Laura Italiano,Jacob Shamsian
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Movie theater giant AMC's boss Adam Aron revealed as the mystery CEO who fell victim to a catfish blackmail scheme he called an 'elaborate criminal extortion'
Aron confirmed he was the CEO who was catfished by a woman after he sent her sexually explicit phot…
Pete Syme
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DJ Paul Oakenfold denies masturbating in front of ex-staffer, calls her lawsuit an extortion attempt and threatens to countersue
DJ Paul Oakenfold called his former staffer's lawsuit for harassment and retaliation an attempt to …
Jennifer Cunningham
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Ex-cop who exposed his genitals on social media, in uniform, is being sued for using police data to stalk and extort a woman for nudes
The lawsuit alleges that ex-cop Bryan Wilson used his position to engage in "sexual deviance" and t…
Michelle Mark
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An Atlanta real estate agent tried to extort a professional athlete for $250,000 across state lines over a sex tape he secretly recorded, prosecutors allege
The complaint alleges the real estate agent sent dozens of text messages to the pro athlete, threat…
Azmi Haroun
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Grieving women warn of TikTok scam involving sending loved ones' ashes to a fake artist who uses the remains for extortion
Three women from different states are looking for answers after a scammer allegedly used the remain…
Jordan Hart
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New York couple part of a plot to trick a man into embezzling $4m to 'save' woman from make-believe mob enforcer
A Maryland man believed he was saving a woman from a New York mobster, but the cash was spent on Ro…
Joshua Zitser
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One in two Indians face extortion and data misuse thanks to instant loan apps
More than one in two Indian consumers who use instant loan apps are facing very high interest charg…
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Scammers are posting negative one-star reviews of restaurants on Google in extortion ploy for digital gift cards
Several restaurants in cities including San Francisco, New York, and Chicago have been hit by the s…
Bethany Biron
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Robinhood drops after trading platform discloses a data breach of 7 million customers and an extortion attempt by hackers
A hacker manipulated a customer support employee by phone and gained access to certain systems, the…
Carla Mozée
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A Louisville narcotics detective was accused multiple times of using charges against drug addicts to extort them into sex. He was able to resign and prosecutors never charged him, DOJ says.
The years-long DOJ investigation found repeated incidents of unconstitutional policing in the Louis…
Rebecca Cohen
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Trump used 'almost mob-style extortion' to try to convince AT&T to sell CNN to Rupert Murdoch, new book claims
AT&T's CEO left a meeting at Trump Tower in 2016 with the feeling that Donald Trump posed a threat …
Joshua Zitser
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Here is how Indian YouTubers are becoming victims to extortion
Over the last month, several Indian YouTubers have received a series of fake copyright strikes agai…
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Sarah Lawrence College sex cult leader convicted on all charges at his trafficking and extortion trial
Lawrence "Larry" Ray was convicted on 15 counts of sex trafficking, extortion, and racketeering con…
Jake Epstein,Jacob Shamsian
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Cybercriminals are extorting huge sums of crypto in ransomware attacks as they go after bigger and bigger targets, Chainalysis says
A report by Chainalysis found that ransomware operators have become more effective than ever, and h…
Phil Rosen
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Matt Gaetz's claim that the DOJ's sex-trafficking probe into him is part of an extortion scheme doesn't add up
Gaetz said someone contacted his father on March 16 to try to extort the family - but the DOJ's sex…
Sonam Sheth
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Rep. Matt Gaetz claims the DOJ's investigation into whether he violated sex trafficking laws is part of 'an organized criminal extortion' scheme against him
Gaetz tweeted about the alleged scheme after it was reported that the DOJ is investigating whether …