Sentence examples for target of an extortion from inspiring English sources

Could Te'o be the target of an extortion plot?

In an unrelated case, he has been accused of embezzling 168,000 euros in church funds in a criminal investigation that alleges he was the target of an extortion plot by a Roma clan.

Since he acknowledged more than a week ago that he had had sexual relationships with women who worked for him and had been the target of an extortion attempt, his ratings are up, his advertisers have remained stalwart, and the court of public opinion has been kind, with many lauding his forthright disclosure of the unpleasant business at hand.

"Any victim that is perceived as being able to pay is a potential target of an extortion threat," Aquilina said.

Quarterback Robert Griffin III, Washington's No. 2 overall pick in NFL Draft, was recently the target of an extortion attempt.

The first and more powerful of the blasts appeared to be from a suicide car bomb aimed at the Mansour neighborhood sales office of Asiacell, a large Iraqi cellphone company, which has been a frequent target of insurgent extortion attempts.

A third victim, Edwin Mojica, 41, had been a target of extortion by the same officers, Mr. Sakai claimed.

As talk of an extortion racket targeting the players mounted, it was claimed M'Vila kept an axe at home for his own protection.

O'Reilly, Fox's most popular news star and a best-selling author, claims he is the target of a politically motivated, $60m£33.2m2m) extortion attempt by his accuser, 32-year-old Fox News producer Andrea Mackris, and her lawyer, a well-known legal bruiser, Benedict Morelli.

Jack Markey, head of the Africa division of the State Department's Office of Overseas Citizen Services, said he knew of only one such incident, involving a gay American who lived in an African country and reported being the target of extortion because of his sexuality.

A year before, he had given the district attorney's office a tape of a recorded conversation that he thought indicated that his client's family was the target of extortion by Kellner.