Tag: Extortion and threats
Michael Avenatti faces embezzlement trial in California
SANTA ANA, Calif. — Michael Avenatti, the brash lawyer recently sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison a $25 million extortion case in New...
Saudi Aramco facing $50M cyber extortion over leaked data
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia’s state oil giant acknowledged Wednesday that leaked data from the company — files now apparently being used...
$10 million rewards bolster White House anti-ransomware bid
BOSTON — The Biden administration will offer rewards up to $10 million for information leading to the identification of foreign state-sanctioned malicious activity against...
Michael Avenatti faces sentencing in Nike extortion scheme
NEW YORK — Michael Avenatti, the brash California lawyer who publicly sparred with then-President Donald Trump before criminal fraud charges on two coasts disrupted...
EXPLAINER: Behind the Vatican’s London real estate scandal
ROME — The Vatican has set a July 27 trial date for 10 people, including a once-powerful cardinal and papal contender, on charges related...
Avenatti sentencing postponed until July 9 in Nike case
NEW YORK — A judge on Thursday postponed until July 9 the sentencing of Michael Avenatti for the once high-profile lawyer's conviction in an...
Judge threatens to toss DEA agent’s plea in corruption case
TAMPA, Fla. — A federal judge Wednesday threatened to throw out the guilty plea of a veteran U.S. narcotics agent who conspired with a...
Cyberbullying trial tests French tools to fight online abuse
PARIS — A landmark cyberbullying trial in Paris, involving thousands of threats against a teenager who savaged Islam in online posts, is blazing a...
Trucker who drove into Floyd protest could have charges drop
MINNEAPOLIS — A truck driver who drove through a large crowd of protesters on a Minneapolis highway last year during demonstrations over George Floyd's...
Man admits threatening Missouri, Tennessee congressmen
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A southwest Missouri man has admitted that he threatened U.S. Reps. Emanuel Cleaver II of Missouri and Steve Cohen of...