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• in Blogging
  Yelp Sued in Los Angeles Federal Court
  Local review company accused of extortion.
  by boneinthefan / on Feb 24, 2010
• 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”

 

• Five injured in hand grenades attack in Pakistan (Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  Islamabad, Jan 28 (IANS) At least five people were injured Saturday when hand grenades were lobbed at a shop in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi, a media report said.The attack took place around 11.40 a.m. when two militants on a motorbike hurled hand grenades at the shop in Liaquatabad area, in the [...]
  8 hours ago

• Amit Shah seeks Supreme Court approval to stay in Gujarat

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Former Gujarat minister Amit Shah Tuesday moved the Supreme Court, seeking permission to “enter, stay and function” in the state in which he has been barred entry since Oct 30, 2010 in the wake of an apex court order.Shah sought modification of the order which, while declining to [...]
  4 days ago

• Robredo sacks fire safety officer in extort case

  
  Paternal Prose — Authority: 146
  15-Jan-12, 4:19 PM | Abigail Kwok, InterAksyon.com MANILA, Philippines – Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo has ordered the immediate relief and demotion of a fire Safety Inspector assigned in Makati City for allegedly extorting money from a staff of a beauty salon owner last year. The ...
  5 days ago

• Former Savannah-Chatham police officer pleads guilty to federal extortion charge www.privateofficer.com

  
  PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS NETWORK — Authority: 138
      Savannah GA Jan 22 2012 A former Savannah-Chatham police officer Friday pleaded guilty in federal court to extorting drugs and a cellphone at a downtown nightspot while working off-duty in uniform. Floyd B. Sawyer Jr., 45, admitted to the extortion charge but stopped short of conceding he used force ...
  6 days ago

• STOP SOPA – Internet Censorship Gone Wild!!! Congressman Goodlatte! Are You Listening?

  
  Virginia Right — Authority: 592
  You may have noticed the black banner atop the Virginia Right! Logo in the header section of this blog. Today, the internet has gone on strike. Millions of websites have either gone dark like Wikipedia or have added protest banners and links like we have at Virginia Right! SOPA and it’s bastard sibling in the ...
  1 week ago

• Portuguese Supreme Court cancels Salem’s extradition, CBI unfazed (Second Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  New Delhi/Mumbai, Jan 17 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday said Portugal’s Supreme Court had cancelled the extradition of underworld don Abu Salem, but added that his trial in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case will continue in India.Salem immediately moved a special Terrorist and Disruptive ...
  1 week ago

• Portugal Supreme Court cancels Salem’s extradition, CBI unfazed (Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday said Portugal’s Supreme Court had cancelled the extradition of underworld don Abu Salem, but added that his trial in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case will continue in India.A CBI spokesperson said the agency will approach the Portuguese ...
  1 week ago

• Salem’s trial to continue, to move Portugal constitutional court: CBI

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday said underworld don Abu Salem’s trial in India will continue even after Portugal’s Supreme Court scrapped his deportation, saying it had violated the extradition treaty between the two countries.The CBI will approach the Portuguese ...
  1 week ago

• Got a goddamn parking ticket…

  
  THE BLARG — Authority: 112
  …while being a good samaritan ( that story is coming), so I figured I’d let the city of Los Angeles know just how I felt about it: Ticket pigs, -Shady
  1 week ago

• Special arrangements for Uttar Pradesh’s women voters

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  Lucknow, Jan 16 (IANS) As nominations opened for 59 assembly constituencies where polling was scheduled in the second of the seven-phased Uttar Pradesh elections Feb 11, the Election Commission Monday ordered special arrangements for women voters.“With a view to encouraging more and more women to come out to ...
  1 week ago

• Corruption in Iraq: ‘Your son is being tortured. He will die if you don’t pay’

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 162
  http://www.guardian.co.uk Corruption in Iraq: ‘Your son is being tortured. He will die if you don’t pay’ Ghaith Abdul-Ahadreports from Baghdad where families of innocent detainees face extortion from corrupt officialsThe walls of Um Hussein’s living room in Baghdad are hung with the portraits of ...
  1 week ago

• Must Read: Greece – Disagreement Everywhere, Rift in the Troika

  
  InvestmentWatch: Emerging markets, Real Estate, Personal finance, Business management, Politics, Economics — Authority: 148
  The three Troika inspectors—Poul Thomsen from the IMF, Mathias Morse from the EU, and Klaus Mazouch from the ECB—are supposed to head to Greece next week to inspect its books; the budget deficit is once again higher than the revised limit that Greece had vowed to abide by. And they’re supposed to negotiate ...
  1 week ago

• Square Enix, Eidos & Other Game Giants All Demand Cash From Pirates

  
  TorrentFreak — Authority: 758
  The news this week that CD Projekt, the company behind The Witcher games, would cease their pay-up-or-else file-sharing settlement scheme against Internet account holders was welcome. As highlighted dozens of times before, companies making these accusations rely on weak IP address-only evidence and use their legal ...
  1 week ago

• Md. man sentenced to 33 years for "sextortion"

  
  Washington Examiner — Authority: 683
  The Associated Press The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS A Maryland man who pleaded guilty to charges he extorted an Indiana teen and girls across ...
  1 week ago

• Blackmail rapist jailed for 19 years

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  Beijing, Jan 14 (IANS) A rapist who returned to his victim’s home, forced her pose naked for photographs and then blackmailed her has been jailed for 19 years.Liu Daoshun, 43, pleaded guilty to five charges of robbery, rape, burglary, extortion and sexual assault at Baoshan District People’s Court, the Shanghai ...
  2 weeks ago

• Justice: UAW Thugs Appeal Extortion Conviction - And Get A Stiffer Sentence

  
  Wolf Howling — Authority: 592
  Sometimes, sometimes, the scales of justice truly balance.  Two UAW officers, Danny Douglas and Jay Campbell, agreed in 1997 to end an 87 day strike at a Michigan GM plant - but only if GM agreed to hire Campbells son and the son-in-law of another UAW official to high paying jobs for which they were unqualified. ...
  2 weeks ago

• “The Bride” 18, “The Cuina” 18, “The Bottle” 22. get Jail for extortion!

  
  It dont Matter — Authority: 468
  Four gang members allegedly engaged in an extortion ring were captured by personnel from the Attorney General’s Office in the act of charging “fees” to a bilingual school in this city. At least one of those arrested was an employee of the school. Those arrested are Jesus Adrian Flores Portillo, alias “El ...
  2 weeks ago

• Mafia is Italy’s biggest business

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  Rome, Jan 11 (IANS/AKI) The mafia in Italy — that made around 140 billion euro (around $178 billion) in 2010 through money lending, extortion and robbery — generated far greater money than Eni, the country’s oil giant, according to a new report.The report by Confesercenti, a business association representing ...
  2 weeks ago

• Now, complain directly to Jharkhand chief minister

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  Ranchi, Jan 6 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda Friday launched apkacm.com, a portal that will work as a grievances management system where any person can lodge a complaint that will directly reach the chief minister.“The complaint will then be sent to the concerned department for redressal. The ...
  3 weeks ago

• Amazon accused of extortion

  
  TG Daily - All News — Authority: 637
  M-Edge Accessories, which makes cases for the Kindle, has accused Amazon in a lawsuit of acting like a corporate bully. read more
  4 weeks ago

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