Word: extort
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...three weeks, the police have been searching for Chicago Con Man James Lewis, also known as Robert Richardson, who is accused of trying to extort $ 1 million from the makers of Tylenol in the wake of the killings. The Chicago Tribune received a letter, postmarked from New York City last Wednesday, that apparently came from the fugitive. "My wife and I have not committed the Chicago area Tylenol murders," the author wrote. "We do not go around killing people...
...wife LeAnn, 35, after it was reported that they had lived in a rundown Manhattan hotel from mid-September until Oct. 16. The two, also known as Robert and Nancy Richardson and by more than a dozen other aliases, are being sought by federal authorities for an attempt to extort $1 million from McNeil Consumer Products Co., the makers of Tylenol, with a blackmail note saying that the payoff could "stop the killing." Illinois Attorney General Tyrone Fanner has called Lewis "a prime suspect" in the murders as well. Lewis was already wanted in Kansas City on charges involving credit...
...another development, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Chicago Residents Robert Richardson, 36, and his wife Nancy, 35. Richardson was accused of at tempting to extort $ 1 million from McNeil Consumer Products Co., the manufacturers of Tylenol, with a handwritten note demanding money "if you want to stop the killing." But when his picture flashed on the TV news, detectives in Kansas City recognized him as James W. Lewis, who had been freed on murder charges stemming from the 1978 mutilation in Kansas City of one Raymond West. A nationwide arrest alert was ordered...
...loan from Schiavone. The check, according to the Silverman report, was cosigned by Donovan. Masselli complained that he had to pay $20,000 to Schiavone as a kickback to get the loan. An FBI report showed that Schiavone officials contend this accusation was an attempt by Masselli to extort money from the company...
...stung by the rebuke, Primo ascends to his factory's roof to survey his domain. In the distance he sees Giovanni's red sports car being forced off the road and the boy bundled into the pursuer's car. Is this a kidnapping or just Giovanni's attempt to extort funds from his wealthy father...