Extortion
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Racketeering
Daekun Cho, 39, of Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, was sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison for extorting Koreatown karaoke companies and physically attacking victims who refused to pay.
Sextortion
Sextortion is a newer form of crime where scammers use explicit photos, personal allegations, or other sensitive material to extort money from their victims. People from all walks of life have been targeted for sextortion– women and men, young and old. It’s important to remember that being targeted by sextortion fraudsters doesn’t mean you’ve done […]
Sextortion
The girl was hot. And she had approached him, even sent a nude photo of herself.
Sextortion
Last week, authorities arrested Hadja Kone of Delaware for participating in a scheme to extort men in the U.S., Canada, and the UK, according to an April 12 Justice Department press release.
Financial Gains
The government is serious about stopping cyber threats to U.S. infrastructure– so serious that the State Department is offering millions under its Rewards for Justice Program for information leading to the identification or location of members of the ALPHV BlackCat ransomware group, according to a March 27 announcement.
