extortion
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Konstantinos Diamantis, Connecticut’s former school-construction chief, fled to Greece ahead of his sentencing for extortion and bribery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said in July that Bai was suspected of extortion and bribery, and an extradition request had been submitted to Thailand.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
The company said it had alerted law enforcement, but declined to discuss the extortion threat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Law enforcement organisations tell extortion victims not to pay ransoms as it fuels the criminal ecosystem.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Colonel Korn was the lawyer, and if Colonel Korn assured him that fraud, extortion, currency manipulation, embezzlement, income tax evasion and black-market speculations were legal, Colonel Cathcart was in no position to disagree with him.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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