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• in Entertainment
  Cindy Crawford The Latest Celeb To Become Victim Of Extortion
  While most of us regular folks will never become victims of extortion, due mostly to a lack of deep pockets, celebs should always have their guard up for this sort of thing. They simply have more to lose than the rest of us.
  by dmdo / on Nov 13, 2009

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “extortion”

• eBay – Top 25 Countries Frauded. Fake Flash Memory Items Available On Ebay. 200912

  
  SOSFakeFlash — Authority: 136
  SOSFakeFlash’s data for December 2009 reveals the top 25 countries where eBay Members have been frauded. Data exists on 821 eBay sellers. The current team stuggles to investigate and document fraudulent sellers.eBay refuses to address the issue and protect it’s members against fake flash memory items such as mp3 ...
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• The Mexicanization of American Law Enforcement

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Beheadings and amputations. Iraqi-style brutality, bribery, extortion, kidnapping, and murder. More than 7,200 dead—almost double last year’s tally—in shoot-outs between federales and often better-armed drug cartels. This is modern Mexico, whose president, Felipe Calderón, has been struggling since 2006 to wrest ...
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• Cyber Crime

  
  LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU — Authority: 159
  Everyone who works on a computer must be familiar with the term “Cyber Crime”. Initially, when man invented computer and then the technology for communicating between computers was evolved, he would have never thought that the cyber space he is... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website www.taxguru.in ...
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• FBI Delays Release of Michael Jackson Documents

  
  My Buddies Live Blog — Authority: 130
  The FBI will not be releasing Michael Jackson documents relating to the molestation investigation as well as extortion attempts this week. The 333 pages of formerly classified documents were supposed to be released earlier this week but the snow in Washington DC has caused the delay. As for what’s in those papers, ...
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• Everything I Know I Learned in 2009

  
  College Candy — Authority: 665
  Lesson Learned: Bloody hot mess on stage = best career move EVER Is it just me, or does it seem like almost every celebrity out there had some giant scandal in 2009? I feel like I spent at least 3/4 of the year crouched in front of the TV or refreshing my news on the internet just to keep up. From Michael ...
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• Manipur villagers lynch two Kuki militants

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 732
  Imphal, Dec 25 (ANI): In a recent incident, villagers of Nongbrang in Manipur chased a group of militants suspected to belong to the Kuki National Front (President) and lynched two of them. The militants reportedly came to extort money, first launched an attack on villagers, injuring three of them.Twenty suspected ...
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• Two Bodo rebels gunned down in Assam

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 732
  Guwahati, Dec 25 (IANS) Two dreaded tribal separatists were killed Friday in Assam, bringing to four the number of militants gunned down since Thursday in the stepped up offensive against the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB).A police spokesperson said a group of three armed NDFB militants ...
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• Manipur Muslim separatist leader arrested in Guwahati

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 732
  Guwahati, Dec 24 (IANS) A top separatist leader of Manipur was arrested by security forces in Assam’s main city of Guwahati Thursday while on a specific mission to recruit cadres to carry out operations, officials said.A police spokesperson said the arrested rebel leader Mohammed Raihanuddin is the self-styled ...
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• NYU Will Pay You $400,000 for Booze Receipts Found in the Trash [Keep The Change]

  
  Gawker — Authority: 861
  Thats how John Runowicz , an administrator in the chemistry department got away with stealing money from the University for six years. Hes now under arrest and probably needs a drink more than ever. According to this amusing story from NBC New York, Runowicz would rifle through the trash of Warehouse Wines near ...
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• FBI Releases Files On Michael Jackson

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 732
  By Madhuri DeyDec 23, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Federal Bureau of Investigation has released the files of Micheal Jackson, months after his demise. The files has been released as part of the request that had been made by the press on the grounds of the Freedom of Information Act. The files of Michael Jackson reveal quite ...
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• Karnataka to get minister facing criminal charges

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 732
  Bangalore, Dec 23 (IANS) A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator facing criminal charges of extortion and insulting the modesty of a woman is set to be become a minister in Karnataka Thursday.M.P. Renukacharya, a first-time legislator from Honnali in central Davangere district, about 270 km from here, will be sworn ...
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• Basic Laptop Security Prevents Identity Theft

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 475
  By Robert Siciliano, ID Theft Expert and Security Consultant to Intelius.com In 2003, an estimated 1.5 million laptops were stolen worldwide. Today, that number has climbed to 2.6 million. That’s a 70% increase in just a few years. That’s one stolen laptop every 12 seconds. Laptop computers have ...
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• An Ugly Process and an Ugly Bill

  
  Silly Little Country — Authority: 432
  Maybe the Krugmans are right and whatever ludicrous Obamacare bill finally gets passed will be refined and "improved" in the future. However, these short observations from EconomistMom go a long way for me to exposing what an ugly piece of work the Senate bill is, and how unlikely it is that it could ever be ...
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• University of Michigan Study Confirms Link between Financial Bailout and Corruption

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 755
  By Daniel J. Mitchell Since Senators engaged in open extortion and bribery to enact Reid’s government-run health care plan, it is hardly newsworthy that Washington is riddled with corruption. But the magnitude of sleaze is probably far greater than most people realize. There is a new study from a couple of ...
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• FBI On International Hunt Against Jackson

  
  TMZ.com | Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Celebrity News — Authority: 857
  Filed under: Michael Jackson , Jackson FBI Files The FBI apparently went around the world trying to make a case against Michael Jackson for alleged child molestation.According to documents just released by the FBI, in 1993 the LAPD and Santa Barbara County Sheriffs deputies "Plan to travel to ... Permalink
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• FBI Involved in Michael Jackson Molestation Trial

  
  TMZ.com | Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Celebrity News — Authority: 857
  Filed under: Michael Jackson , Jackson FBI Files UPDATE: In our document search, we just found out why the FBI was involved in the Michael Jackson molestation case. According to one of the docs, the LAPD Sexually Exploited Child Unit contacted the FBI in 1993, asking the agency if it would be ... Permalink
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• Jackson Stalker Obsessed with Janet Jackson

  
  TMZ.com | Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Celebrity News — Authority: 857
  Filed under: Janet Jackson , Michael Jackson , Jackson FBI Files The man who threatened to kill Michael Jackson believed he was married to Janet Jackson -- and law enforcement sources tell TMZ it was Janet that the man was obsessed over.A law enforcement source tells TMZ the man also made threats to kill Janet ...
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• Jackson Death Threat -- All Over a Woman

  
  TMZ.com | Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Celebrity News — Authority: 857
  Filed under: Michael Jackson , Jackson FBI Files The person who threatened to kill Michael Jackson unless he got money also threatened to slaughter people at a Michael Jackson concert, according to documents just released by the FBI .. and it all appears to be a scheme to get a woman to notice ... Permalink
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• Michael Jackson Targeted with Death Threat

  
  TMZ.com | Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Celebrity News — Authority: 857
  Filed under: Michael Jackson , Jackson FBI Files Someone threatened to kill Michael Jackson, and then-President George H.W. Bush, according to FBI documents just released.Someone wrote a letter on July 6, 1992, that the FBI obtained, stating, "I decided that because nobody is taking me serious, and ... Permalink
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• Woman pleads not guilty to charges in Pitino case (AP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 178
  AP - A woman has pleaded not guilty to new charges, including retaliating against a witness, related to an alleged extortion attempt of University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino.
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