All posts tagged "Extortion Plot"

A Democratic senator was charged with extorting an ex-consultant having an affair in a secret sex recording, according to reports Thursday.

Maryland state Sen. Dalya Attar, a former prosecutor and the first Orthodox Jewish woman to serve in the state Senate, was charged by federal officials over an extortion plot that prosecutors say involved a political enemy in bed with a romantic partner, according to The Washington Post.

According to an indictment unsealed in a U.S. District Court in Maryland on Thursday, Attar was charged alongside her brother, Joseph, and politically appointed police officer Kalman Finkelstein, with eight counts related to extortion and wiretapping that happened between 2020 and 2022. ...

ROME (Reuters) - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi faced new accusations on Friday over a prostitution scandal that has added a fresh distraction as Italy struggles to avert a debt crisis which could tear the euro zone apart.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A young Australian woman was freed from a suspected bomb collared around her neck early on Thursday after 10 hours of drama that lasted past midnight and captivated the nation with police saying they were still investigating the incident.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian police were scrambling Wednesday to remove what local media said was a suspected bomb possibly collared to a young woman's neck by an intruder into her home in a wealthy neighborhood in Sydney.