Seven members of the Bakri crime organization were arrested following an investigation carried out by multiple law ...

According to investigators, the note names Inamdar and three others. It alleges sustained financial and mental harassment and ...

MUMBAI: A woman who tried extort money from a 58-year-old hotelier from Ghatkopar has been booked for financial exploitation, ...

Cyber extortion happens when a bad actor hijacks your data, systems or website and demands payment to give the information, programs or site back to you. “This is when cybercriminals demand payment by ...

It starts with a letter, phone call, or a text message — an anonymous figure demands cash, usually from a business owner, threatening their safety and livelihood unless they pay. It often ends with ...

An annual report by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has revealed that figures for blackmail and extortion have increased significantly throughout Australia. According to the ABS report, ...

Since 2018, a constant stream of extortion email scams have been targeting users with fake threats designed to scare you into sending a payment in bitcoins to avoid an embarrassing leak or threat of ...

The task is simple: walk or die.

A: Many lawyers compose demand letters with the comforting thought that written communications pertaining to potential litigation are protected by absolute privilege. So accusatory allegations made in ...

In the last week, Scamwatch received hundreds of reports of Australians being targeted by criminals who claim they have hacked the person’s computer and accessed “compromising” images and videos of ...

The explosive growth in government regulations impose huge costs on productive activities. The arbitrary way in which they are enforced causes more insidious damage. It corrodes the rule of law and ...