1.   Federal prosecutors say Carlino can provide the necessary direct evidence to link DiLeonardo to the alleged extortion scheme.

2.   Gang members also committed robberies and ran extortion schemes and protection rackets, and sometimes resorted to murder to enforce their grip, according to prosecutors.

3.   Fujianese gangs are known to prey on immigrants in kidnapping and extortion schemes, investigators said.

4.   One soldier has been arrested, but six more are believed to have taken part in the extortion scheme and her slaying.

5.   Rambling, angry, hand-scrawled notes with drawings of firebombs outlined a bizarre extortion scheme, the police said.

6.   The indictment accuses Fajardo of engaging in an extortion scheme that siphoned federal money not only to himself and his associates but to the pro-statehood NPP.

7.   They cited the sheer volume of government audio tapes and transcripts in which Ms. Jackson and Medina could be heard carrying out their extortion scheme.

8.   They are providing for their sunset years by running an extortion scheme.

9.   They single out victims, plan assaults and carry out elaborate extortion schemes.

10.   Using funds from its involvement in the drug trade, kidnappings and extortion schemes, the rebel organization has grown into a formidable military force.