Word: extortionate
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But Reza Alavi, the research associate who was the target of the alleged extortion, calls the notion of a plot "just too ridiculous to comment on." He said he barely knows Afrasiabi and that he has left the case up to the police.
Kaven Afrasiabi, 37, has been charged with two counts of extortion and two counts of making threats, John Towle of the Middlesex County District attorney's office said yesterday.
Harvard Detective Richard Mederos led the investigation into the extortion and threat charges. Rooney said the probe took several months because the suspect maintained "numerous aliases, numerous addresses and a criminal background of subverting police."
Robert DeNiro also was charged with assault after grabbing the hair of Joseph Ligier, who DeNiro claims was verbally abusive outside a Manhattan bar last month. When Ligier offered to drop the charges for $300,000, DeNiro's lawyers contacted the office of the Manhattan district attorney, which set up...
Another little-noticed case involves even more serious charges. The complaint, filed in Manhattan federal court, accuses Investcorp and five of its board members, as well as other defendants, of fraud and extortion. According to the complaint, the defendants tried to loot the Saudi European Bank, an Arab-owned institution...