Sentences with phrase «shakedown scheme»
Plaintiff LabMD Inc., a cancer - screening firm, says it went out of business after falling victim to a «shakedown scheme» by a cybersecurity firm that hacked the lab's files — and then reported it to the FTC when it refused to pay for «remediation» services.
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However, he was fired from Tiversa when he refused to lie under oath about the company's use of the data in its «shakedown scheme,» the suit says.
A judge sentenced former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos to five years in prison Thursday for running a federal shakedown scheme that «caused immeasurable damage.»
It also flew in the face of repeated predictions by the elder Skelos — including as recently as Wednesday evening — that he and his son would be acquitted of the shakedown scheme.
A judge sentenced former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos to five years in prison for running a federal shakedown scheme that «caused immeasurable damage.»
Brooklyn Democrat Carl Kruger, who's being probed by the FBI in an alleged shakedown scheme, has amassed a $ 2.1 million war chest, the biggest in the Senate, although he hardly needs it to stay in office.
Dean Skelos» conviction for running a shakedown scheme should be tossed because prosecutors» arguments now conflict with a new interpretation of public corruption law, his lawyer said Thursday.