Re: Next steps in extortion case - ideas?

2014-07-05 Thread Markus
Am 30.06.2014 18:35, schrieb Charles N Wyble: Sue him for slander? Contact the US DOJ and request extortion charges be filed? I mean if someone was committing a crime against me, I'd certainly be in contact with law enforcement to have charges filed and a warrant out for arrest. Thanks,

Re: Next steps in extortion case - ideas?

2014-07-05 Thread Miles Fidelman
Markus wrote: Am 30.06.2014 18:35, schrieb Charles N Wyble: Sue him for slander? Contact the US DOJ and request extortion charges be filed? I mean if someone was committing a crime against me, I'd certainly be in contact with law enforcement to have charges filed and a warrant out for

Re: Next steps in extortion case - ideas?

2014-07-05 Thread C. A. Fillekes
IANAL but I believe criminal defamation is (ta-da!) a criminal offense. Defamation in service of the crime of extortion -- depends on the jurisdiction you decide to prosecute this in. Since the internet is everywhere, you might be able to choose the jurisdiction with the harshest

Re: Next steps in extortion case - ideas?

2014-07-05 Thread William Herrin
On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 11:59 AM, C. A. Fillekes cfille...@gmail.com wrote: IANAL but I believe criminal defamation is (ta-da!) a criminal offense. Only 17 of the 50 states have criminal defamation laws and in half a century only 16 cases have resulted in conviction. More, a 2012 ruling by the

Re: Next steps in extortion case - ideas?

2014-07-05 Thread C. A. Fillekes
17 is generally the number of people required, in the US, to file a case as a class, which is why I said Markus should find 16 _other_ victims, which shouldn't be terribly hard, if we believe his claim that this scammer has targeted numerous others in this way. Furthermore, since the internet is

Re: Next steps in extortion case - ideas?

2014-07-05 Thread William Herrin
On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 2:35 PM, C. A. Fillekes cfille...@gmail.com wrote: 17 is generally the number of people required, in the US, to file a case as a class, which is why I said Markus should find 16 _other_ victims, which shouldn't be terribly hard, if we believe his claim that this scammer

Re: Next steps in extortion case - ideas?

2014-07-05 Thread Justin M. Streiner
On Sat, 5 Jul 2014, C. A. Fillekes wrote: Furthermore, since the internet is everywhere, I pointed out (or did you stop reading after I mentioned that we don't actually know the gender of the scammer?) Markus has the option of pursuing this in a jurisdiction where the penalties for criminal

Re: Next steps in extortion case - ideas?

2014-07-05 Thread Miles Fidelman
Justin M. Streiner wrote: Finally, you fail to address the one very simple way I described to determine who this scammer is: follow the money. Make a small partial payment on this supposed debt and see who cashes the check. Much easier than trying to follow him around on the internet, though

Re: Next steps in extortion case - ideas?

2014-07-05 Thread Miles Fidelman
Miles Fidelman wrote: Justin M. Streiner wrote: Finally, you fail to address the one very simple way I described to determine who this scammer is: follow the money. Make a small partial payment on this supposed debt and see who cashes the check. Much easier than trying to follow him around