A Bergen County, New Jersey, judge entered a $5.9 million default judgment in a business dispute involving an information technology contractor who cut off internet access to his client’s home and demanded $40,000 to return it.

The plaintiff, a stock trader who works from his 25,000-square-foot residence, paid the ransom promptly because he needs internet access for his job.

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