INVESTIGATION, SO STICK WITH WYFF NEWS 4 AS WE LEARN MORE. IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. SWAIN COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE ASKING FOR INFORMATION RELATED TO AN EXTORTION CASE. 73 YEAR OLD PHILLIP SMITH WAS ...

Sometimes he introduced himself as the son of infamous Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, or claimed to be a made man in the mafia, federal prosecutors say. To many, he seemed like a charming and ...

SOLON, Ohio (WJW) – Police are warning parents about a scam targeting teenagers on social media platforms after a devious plot to extort money from a 16-year-old boy was thwarted earlier this month.

The Delta State Police Command has ordered the redeployment of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Jesse Division, CSP Chidi Nwabuzor, following allegations of extortion amounting to N2.5 million.

A former SandboxAQ executive filed a wrongful termination suit last month filled with such scandalous allegations against the company’s famed CEO, Jack Hidary, that the plaintiff himself redacted the ...

The Lagos State Police Command has commenced an investigation into allegations that officers attached to the Area H Police Command, Ogudu, extorted $2,000 (about N3.33 million) from a couple they ...

During 2025, cyber extortion continued to grow, driven by more active phishing gangs, and increasingly sophisticated attacks. According to the Security Navigator report from Orange Cyberdefense, the ...

Venezuela’s ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday accused the United States of committing the “greatest extortion known in our history” at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council ...

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When I Met María at the Corner of the Street I met María on a narrow street where the scent of hot corn and oil announces labor before sunrise. She sells arepas from a small metal stand pressed ...

Maryland State Sen. Dalya Attar, the Baltimore lawmaker indicted with her brother and a police officer, filed a motion to dismiss her extortion charges Tuesday, stating the government doesn’t have the ...