Sentence examples for extortion allegations from inspiring English sources

The F.B.I. declined to comment; a lawyer for Mr. Murdock, Raj Gadhok, dismissed the extortion allegations as "simply false".

Mr. Christie declined to discuss the status of the extortion allegations, saying only, "It's very, very early in an investigation".

Dosoretz's shareholders wouldn't know about this lawsuit, as the company deems it too immaterial to disclose in its filings, even though the Florida state attorney general's office has subpoenaed documents related to the kickback and extortion allegations.

Shilpa Shetty, a glamorous film star, has been questioned by the police about allegations of extortion levelled against her parents.

AK is not aware of any investigations by the police or allegations of extortion by its members.

Once cited as one of the Philippines' 10 outstanding officers, Mendoza, 55, had been dismissed following allegations of extortion and robbery.

The scale of the donations and the amount of business that their firms received — plus a few allegations of extortion — suggested that campaign contributions had become the price of doing business with the state.

The Guardian revealed on Wednesday that payments totalling at least $1.5m had apparently been made to the Black Tidings company that was at the centre of other allegations of extortion and bribery linked to the International Association of Athletics Federations.

The Japanese Olympic Committee eventually confirmed that it had made two payments totalling more than $2m to Black Tidings, a Singaporean company headed by the consultant Ian Tan Tong Han that was also linked to allegations surrounding extortion and cover-up of Russian drug tests.

It said an investigation into the allegations of extortion had uncovered a "criminal ring" which had "hired women to seduce local officials, covertly filmed their sexual acts and used the videos as tools of extortion".

Mr. Garbus argues that Mr. Gibson's having invoked the Fifth Amendment on some matters amounts to a waiver of his right to address them in challenging Ms. Grigorieva's domestic violence claim or in supporting his own allegation of extortion.