televisiontore.blogg.se - Extortion definition law

Threatening to expose a celebrity's address and contact information unless they give you all their fine jewelry.

Telling your significant other that you will accuse them of rape after learning they cheated on you unless they pay for your new apartment so you can move out.

Threatening to burn your former employer's house down if they don't pay you $10,000.

Hackers threatening to publicly expose a company employees' bank records and financial details if the company fails to pay a ransom.

Threatening to post your ex's nude photographs online if they don't unblock your phone number.

With these facts in mind, let's review some examples of extortion to give you a clearer idea of how this crime can be committed:

A threat to cause harm as retribution for participation in any legislative hearing or proceeding, administrative proceeding, or in any other legal action.

A threat to expose any secret affecting the victim or their family member(s) or other person held dear to them.

A threat to expose or impute any deformity or disgrace to the victim or their family member(s) or other person held dear to them.

A threat to accuse the victim or their family member(s) or other person held dear to them of any crime.

A threat to do any unlawful injury to the person or property of the victim or any member of their family or other person held dear to them.

The following threats constitute an extortion charge:

If convicted, you could suffer imprisonment for one to 15 years in addition to fines, victim restitution, and more. Extortion is the communication of threats to another with the intention to obtain anything of value or any acquittance, advantage, or immunity of any description.