Those convicted were among nine men indicted last April in an extortion scheme that netted more than $100,000 from 1981 to 1984.

It's just another extortion scheme as others have mentioned.

She offered no details about how any extortion scheme worked.

He'd broken the jumpers' extortion scheme, but the police weren't going to forget what his jumped body had done to them.

One soldier has been arrested, but six more are believed to have taken part in the extortion scheme and her slaying.

For instance, take that last stat on extortion schemes.

Chevron described the lawsuit as an "extortion scheme" and refused to pay the fine.

If this is a grand extortion scheme, why haven't we received a ransom demand?

Arum said he saw the move as another extortion scheme.