Protect Yourselves Against Extortion

THE SHTETL MAFIA

Shakedowns have started on Kingston as Mr. Gombo said: Braun spoke to me “Ingarish” he told me that if I don’t let them take over the hechsher he will give out an issur on the bakery (this in spite of the fact that Biryon’s wife is a good customer there including for the Bar-Mitzvah he made recently (at which he got plastered).

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WIS is not in the business of furthering unconfirmed rumors, WIS deals with hard facts, but being that this tactic [of extortion] was used many times before and that being so, the above “rumor” could very well be true, WIS will deal with the truth of the matter, which is that extortion is illegal!.

WIS would like to educate the general public about what extortion is and what one can do to protect him or herself from being a victim.

What is Extortion?

Extortion (also called shakedown, outwresting, and exaction) is a criminal offence which occurs when a person unlawfully obtains either money, property or services from a person(s), entity, or institution, through coercion. Refraining from doing harm is sometimes euphemistically called protection. Extortion is commonly practiced by organized crime groups. The actual obtainment of money or property is not required to commit the offense. Making a threat of violence which refers to a requirement of a payment of money or property to halt future violence is sufficient to commit the offense. Exaction refers not only to extortion or the unlawful demanding and obtaining of something through force,^[1] but additionally, in its formal definition, means the infliction of something such as pain and suffering or making somebody endure something unpleasant.^[2]

In the United States, extortion may also be committed as a federal crime across a computer system, phone, by mail or in using any instrument of “interstate commerce“. Extortion requires that the individual sent the message “willingly” and “knowingly” as elements of the crime. The message only has to be sent (but does not have to reach the intended recipient) to commit the crime of extortion. (Read More…)

How to protect yourselves against extortion?

1) By knowing what extortion is.

3) Gathering evidence (of person doing shakedowns).

2) Reporting extortion when it happens (to the Districts Attorneys office).

Dealing with Extortion in Crown Heights by the Shtetl Mafia:

When confronted by people like Mendel Hendel and his minion Menachem Shagalow, Yosef Braun, Yaakov Spritzer, Chanina Sperlin, anybody from the CHJCC etc…etc…anybody from the Shtetl Mafia, just tell them the following 4 words… Kish Mier En Toochas!!!