Sentences with phrase «extorting monies from people»

The leader and founder of Glorious Waves Church International, Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi has sent a strong warning to persons using his name in extorting monies from people on social media.

Kennedy Agyepong said though the president is unaware of such happenings in his office, some of his staff are busy using their presence to extort monies from people who want to invest in the economy.

According to him, any electoral officer extorting money from people in the name of registration will be made to face the wrath of law because they are acting outside the law.

In his latest story, posted on the newspaper's website on September 6, Oudom accused the son of a military police commander of smuggling logs in military - plated vehicles and extorting money from people who were legally transporting wood.

Here, the court found that while the plaintiff probably wasn't a «non-producing troll» (someone who enforces copyrights just to extort money from people who are too embarrassed to fight a Federal porn suit), the court still found that a damage award that was three times the statutory floor was excessive.

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So the tax collectors became greedy, and often extorted money from their own Jewish people.

Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Otiko Afisa Djaba has accused Daniel Bugri Naabu of extorting money, cows and goats from people with the promise of securing them contracts under the School Feeding Programme.

Three persons who have been accused of extorting money from Black Star Skipper, Asamoah Gyan over an alleged sex tape have appeared before an Accra Circuit Court.

Ms Djaba accused Mr Naabu of extorting money, cows, and goats from people with the promise to secure them appointments in the Akufo - Addo government in a radio interview after Mr Naabu had interrupted her meeting with the women on Friday, 5 May.

The statement said: «These are people who have spent months and days in Kirikiri Prisons in Lagos State and the dungeon of the Department of State Services for attempt to blackmail and extort money from eminent Nigerians, including prominent businessman, Femi Otedola; and a former Governor of Niger State, Dr. Babangida Aliyu.

DSS Arrest, Parades Suspected Blackmailers (Statement) The Department of State Services (DSS) wishes to draw the attention of the public to the infamous activities of some unscrupulous elements who have resorted to condemnable tactics aimed at blackmailing and extorting money from unsuspecting and innocent people.

It means that people create fake profiles to extort money from trustworthy people.

We received too many contacts from people who were on the site for the wrong reason — mostly to extort money from us.

Deutch plays Erica Vandross, a proudly irreverent 17 - year - old who uses her sexuality to extort money from older, ostensibly powerful men who take advantage of people.

When people use this line — the district isn't paying, the money comes from the state / the federal gov» t. — do they truly not realize that ALL of the money is being extorted out of US in the first place?

On the one hand, we can think of cults which we know exist to extort money (and other things) from people by using illegitimate means of persuasion: brainwashing, bullying, false promises.

No doubt, there have been cases of fraudulent players who set out to simply extort money from unsuspecting victims, these players pretend to create genuine products, only to vanish with people's funds, leaving them with tokens of almost no value.