Extortion is defined by Wikipedia as a criminal offence which occurs when a person unlawfully obtains either money, property or services from a person(s), entity, or institution, through coercion.
In the last few days we have seen two instances of this reported in the media.The first involved an alleged attempt to extort money from a wealthy Mosman family.In this case NSW Police were swift to respond to the incident, a crime scene was established, the victim was comforted while bomb disposal experts removed the device strapped to her body, the police dealt appropriately and transparently with media inquiries and an ongoing investigation was commenced.
In the second attempt however, the process and outcome were not so clear-cut.
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White supremacists attack teacher online by hacking Facebook profile
EXCLUSIVE by Joe Hildebrand
From: The Daily Telegraph
August 03, 2011 12:00AMA SYDNEY primary school teacher has had his identity hijacked on Facebook by white supremacists who painted him as a paedophile and made approaches to his students.
The teacher, whose name cannot be revealed in order to protect the children’s identities, is also a prominent anti-racism campaigner and appears to have been targeted for that reason.
The account’s creators befriended at least 32 people, almost all of them children.
Several have since unfriended the fake Facebook profile but exchanges visible on the wall show some believed it was the teacher and innocently added the frauds as a friend.
The fake account uses his name as well as the name of the school where he teaches in Sydney’s west.
It features a profile picture of two naked men blowing kisses at the camera.
In the information section it states: «I’m a teacher at (name deleted) school and I adore my students.Especially the boy’s (sic) I could eat them up with a spoon.»
It features inappropriate pictures with captions such as «This is me being a gay god».
The profile lists his favourite pop stars as Michael Jackson, Elton John, the Pet Shop Boys and Lady Gaga.
It is understood Facebook was notified several days ago but as of yesterday it had still not removed the profile.
The identity theft followed an exchange on a website with white-supremacist links «exposing» an anti-racist blogger as the teacher.
The website, which identifies itself as anti-anti-fascist and has links to sites praising Nazis, boasted about exposing the teacher.
The mission statement at the site which The Daily Telegraph has not named for fear of giving them free publicity states: «We’re sick of the AFA (Anti-Fascist Action) and the scum that surrounds them.We will expose over the next few weeks, months, years or however long it takes, members of the AFA.»
When told the teacher worked at a particular school, the site’s operators identified in a picture as two crew-cutted young men said to the informant: «Thanks for that, I’ll follow it up.»
An email was sent to the site asking if they were involved but there was no reply.
It is understood the teacher was alerted to the site by a concerned parent just a few days ago.
He has since been telling children on the site to unfriend the predator and has reported the matter to state and federal police.
The teacher said he was restricted from commenting by the Education Department, which also declined to comment yesterday.
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The Sydney Morning Herald has a more detailed article, including a phone interview with the victim.
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Evil fiction: teacher a target of fake Facebook profile
Asher Moses
August 5, 2011 11:15AM
Police are hunting the creator of a fake Facebook profile that was used to impersonate a Sydney primary school teacher and frame him as a paedophile by targeting kids at his school.
The teacher, who cannot be named, is a long-time campaigner against racism online and with others he runs a blog that names and shames racists by publishing their hate-filled Facebook postings.
In a phone interview, he said he believed this is why he was targeted.He said he and his family had been hara*sed over the phone, received death threats and had threatening notes left in his mail box after his personal details including his address, phone number, photos and work details were posted on a white supremacist website.
«This Facebook profile opened up a couple of days ago with a picture of me and a friend with shirts off holding a beer they were writing things on the wall such as в
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