In a scathing decision, a New York federal judge has granted a motion to dismiss filed by a man accused of using "extortionate means" to collect extensions of credit. The U.S. Attorney's Office accused 14 men of extorting payment on loans, but the only specific charge against Abdullah Alhababi was that he participated in a phone call with a co-defendant. The judge called the application of the law misguided, noting that the law only applies to defendants who knowingly play a role in the extortion itself.
August 22, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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In an often scathing decision, a federal judge in Brooklyn has granted a motion to dismiss filed by a man accused of using “extortionate means” to collect extensions of credit.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York accused Abdullah Alhababi, along with 13 other men, of providing loans of up to $100,000 to various Yemeni expatriates then extorting payment.
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