EFTA00100685Set 9
2019-10-1616p10,633w
that
she was liar, had committed perjury, and was conspiring
with law firm to extort him and others by claiming that
Attorneys and Legal Services~Standards of
she was forced ... saying that she committed
perjury, and claiming that she conspired with
her lawyers to extort him were sufficient to
191 Limitation of ActionsinTorts plead that defendant made statements with
malice ... based in part on
defendant's statement that plaintiff conspired
with firm to extort him, plaintiff's complaint
referred to conversations and communications
1141 Attorneys and Legal Services9•Witness between
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EFTA01074265Set 9
2014-04-1128p11,574w
call such alliances extortionate, and we
call the quantity x = 1/sA the extortion factor. Extortionate alliances are particularly powerful
in social dilemmas in which mutual defection leads to the lowest ... repeated social dilemmas. However,
in large groups the power of alliances to extort their peers depends on the social dilemma, and on
the size of the alliance (as generally described ... when groups become large, with Xmax = — 1)r/((n — 1)r —
being the maximum extortion factor (see also (29)). To be able to enforce arbitrarily high extor-
tion factors, players
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EFTA00095856Set 9
2019-08-2012p3,559w
August 20, 2019
Public Corruption
Avenatti
Avenatti Argues Litigation Privilege Bars Prosecution on Nike Extortion Charges
NY Law Journal
By Tom McParland
8/19/19
Lawyers for Michael Avenatti on Monday asked ... dismiss a criminal indictment
accusing the embattled attorney of waging a multimillion-dollar extortion plot against athletic apparel company
Nike Inc., saying their client had been acting in his legitimate ... related to Franklin's litigation claims.
"Courts have largely exempted such threats from the extortion statutes as a matter of law because, by its very
nature, litigation is inherently threatening
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EFTA00095847Set 9
2019-08-209p3,477w
Civil Division
Prado
Public Corruption
Avenatti
Avenatti Argues Litigation Privilege Bars Prosecution on Nike Extortion Charges
NY Law Journal
By Tom McParland
8/19/19
Lawyers for Michael Avenatti on Monday asked ... dismiss a criminal indictment
accusing the embattled attorney of waging a multimillion-dollar extortion plot against athletic apparel company
Nike Inc., saying their client had been acting in his legitimate ... related to Franklin's litigation claims.
"Courts have largely exempted such threats from the extortion statutes as a matter of law because, by its very
nature, litigation is inherently threatening
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EFTA01199747Set 9
2010-09-2629p24,446w
call such ZD strategies extortionate, and we call the quantity
266 x= 1/s the extortion factor. For games in which ... shows that the extortion factor can be written as x = Je/x-I. Large 329
268 extortion factors thus signal a substantial inequality in favor of 330
269 We refer to1as ... coplayer defected by accident. At the same time, ZD
528 no bounds to extortion. strategies are remarkably simple. For example, to be fair in
529 In a similar
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EFTA01128746Set 9
2015-08-1326p7,838w
that
you needed some help. Why, why all the threats? Why the extortion? I just
don't get it. I want to help, I said I'd help ... into a whole extortion
chapter right now and I don't understand why you're threatening my
family. This is not something that we ever had with each other ... very long.
GG Ok.
JD Ok, I don't want to be dealing with extortion. I'm sad that that's what this
has come to, because I think
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EFTA00137043Set 9
2020-11-0945p22,107w
Tracking Devices On Two Missouri Officials' Cars.
• US Charges Former Minnesota Officer With Extortion, Drug Theft.
• Accused Killer Was Caught After Applying For Unemployment During Pandemic.
• Family Members Sentenced ... provide facial recognition services to the
state."
US Charges Former Minnesota Officer With Extortion, Drug Theft.
The AP <https://www.usnews.corn/news/best-states/minnesotaJarticles/2020-11-06/ex-minneapolis-officer-
charged-with-civil-rights-violations> (11/6) reports from Minneapolis ... police officer has
been charged with federal civil rights violations and multiple counts of extortion and acquiring drugs,
prosecutors announced Friday." Federal prosecutors "said Ty Jindra abused his position
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EFTA01658887Set 10
2020-11-1655p33,667w
Hate Crime.
• FBI Investigating Texas Gang.
• Pennsylvania Grand Jury Charges Man With Sexual Extortion Of Minors.
• Virginian Man Sentenced Over Child Pornography.
• Texas Youth Coach Sentenced Over College Admissions Investigation ... death to the
streets of Central Texas."
Pennsylvania Grand Jury Charges Man With Sexual Extortion Of Minors.
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (11/13, Lindstrom, 380K) reports Markell Smith "faces charges ... child sexual exploitation and making threats via interstate communication with the intent to
extort." Prosecutors "said that in 2018 and 2019 Smith threatened young girls, including an 11-
year
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EFTA01659105Set 10
2020-11-2446p27,436w
Nostra based
in Philadelphia engaged in "acts of illegal gambling, loansharking, drug trafficking, and
extortion, among other crimes, for the purposes of enriching the organization and its
members." In total ... those former regimes." The Inquirer adds, "Fifteen mobsters have been indicted
on racketeering, extortion, gambling and drug trafficking charges, according to the indictment.
Chief among them is Steven `Stevie' Mazzone ... Atlantic City La Cosa Nostra beefed up the ranks, commanding
illegal sports gambling, extorting victims through loansharking, selling cocaine, heroin and
opioids - even conspiring to kidnap a drug dealer
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EFTA00161600Set 9
2020-11-1658p35,389w
Hate Crime.
• FBI Investigating Texas Gang.
• Pennsylvania Grand Jury Charges Man With Sexual Extortion Of Minors.
• Virginian Man Sentenced Over Child Pornography.
• Texas Youth Coach Sentenced Over College Admissions Investigation ... death to the
streets of Central Texas."
Pennsylvania Grand Jury Charges Man With Sexual Extortion Of Minors.
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (11/13, Lindstrom, 380K) reports Markel] Smith "faces charges ... child sexual exploitation and making threats via interstate communication with the intent to
extort." Prosecutors "said that in 2018 and 2019 Smith threatened young girls, including an 11-
year
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00161600.pdf
EFTA00148963Set 9
2020-11-1655p33,632w
Hate Crime.
• FBI Investigating Texas Gang.
• Pennsylvania Grand Jury Charges Man With Sexual Extortion Of Minors.
• Virginian Man Sentenced Over Child Pornography.
• Texas Youth Coach Sentenced Over College Admissions Investigation ... death to the
streets of Central Texas."
Pennsylvania Grand Jury Charges Man With Sexual Extortion Of Minors.
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (11/13, Lindstrom, 380K) reports Markel! Smith "faces charges ... child sexual exploitation and making threats via interstate communication with the intent to
extort." Prosecutors "said that in 2018 and 2019 Smith threatened young girls, including an 11-
year
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00148963.pdf
EFTA00104913Set 9
2020-02-1228p10,225w
Avenatti's future is now in the jury's hands in the Nike-related extortion and fraud case.
The disgraced lawyer is accused of trying to extort ... that Avenatti is guilty on three counts: transmission of interstate
communications with intent to extort, attempted extortion, and wire fraud. If convicted on all counts, he could spend ... Case
NYT
By Sharon Otterman
2/12/2020
Lawrence V. Ray was charged with conspiracy, extortion, sex trafficking, forced labor and related charges.
Credit...Jefferson Siegelfor The New York Times
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00104913.pdf
EFTA00094540Set 9
2020-02-1228p10,227w
Avenatti's future is now in the jury's hands in the Nike-related extortion and fraud case.
The disgraced lawyer is accused of trying to extort ... that Avenatti is guilty on three counts: transmission of interstate
communications with intent to extort, attempted extortion, and wire fraud. If convicted on all counts, he could spend ... Case
NYT
By Sharon Otterman
2/12/2020
Lawrence V. Ray was charged with conspiracy, extortion, sex trafficking, forced labor and related charges.
Credit...Jefferson Siegelfor The New York Times
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00094540.pdf
EFTA00094519Set 9
2020-02-1221p10,022w
Avenatti's future is now in the jury's hands in the Nike-related extortion and fraud case.
The disgraced lawyer is accused of trying to extort ... that Avenatti is guilty on three counts: transmission of interstate
communications with intent to extort, attempted extortion, and wire fraud. If convicted on all counts, he could spend ... Case
NYT
By Sharon Otterman
2/12/2020
EFTA00094522
Lawrence V Ray was charged with conspiracy, extortion, sex trafficking, forced labor and related charges.
Credit...Jefferson Siegel for The New York Times
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00094519.pdf
EFTA00846636Set 9
2015-09-102p456w
experts I spoke with agreed that the payments would constitute a settlement or extortion. In either case, the
responsibility for reporting the payments would lie not with Mr. Hastert ... described by government prosecutors, these
payments were not gifts.
however
The tax law of extortion is surprisingly simple: Proceeds from extortion are taxable income. That's what the
Supreme Court ... held in a 1952 decision, Rutkin v. United States.
While extortion payments would be taxable for Individual A, they would actually be partly deductible for Mr.
Hastert, said Paul Caron
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EFTA00598448Set 9
2012-12-1725p5,425w
which a jury could conclude that it was solely
17 as an effort to extort Mr. Edwards that claims
18 against him were filed. They were filed not
19 only ... circumstantial evidence where it's
23 alleged that Mr. Epstein was attempting to
24 extort Mr. Edwards, there's been no
25 conversation or proffer of any evidence
Tfiii ... ktirat---
e80f1917-26f9-4cfa-bba3-4354ecd33a52
EFTA00598455
9
1 whatsoever of the purported extortion. It is
2 irrefutable that, No. 1, Mr. Epstein was
3 punished criminally; he pled
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