Sentence examples for receiving extortion from inspiring English sources

Local merchants stopped receiving extortion threats.

Thousands of the city's teachers have stayed home after receiving extortion threats demanding half their salary.

Indian movie stars have frequently complained of receiving extortion calls from organized crime operators demanding money and threatening the lives of the actors and their families.

Mr. Yosef, 35, of Kew Gardens, Queens, was also convicted of wire fraud and extortion, and Mr. Damti, 39, of Woodmere, N.Y., was convicted of receiving extortion proceeds.

Quoting industry insiders, the Times of India said that in 2011 six film personalities received extortion demands asking for sums up to 50 million rupees, but did not lodge official complaints.

Over the following weeks, company shareholders received extortion demands from "freelancers" while anonymous callers threatened the plant's foreign workers with "political problems" or physical harm, according to the cable.

Unlike several of her colleagues, Zinta repeated in court her earlier statement that she had received extortion threats from the mafia during the shooting of the film.

"You only just received an extortion letter?" the man asked.

In the late spring of 2003, Mickey Richardson, the general manager of Betcris, a Costa Rican-based gambling firm, received an extortion e-mail.

The convictions included receiving corrupt payments, extortion and two conspiracy counts.

Each was convicted of receiving corrupt payments, extortion and two counts of conspiracy, among other charges.