# SA (2)12 Extortion

Extortion is a charge reserved for individuals who intimidate or influences another to provide or hand over properties or services via power, authority, or priveleged information.

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**Level 5 Felony**

**Sentence:** 40 minutes

**Fine:** $7,500
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### Notes:

Extortion depends on a person or organization using its authority, power, or influence to intimidate and threaten someone in return for property or services. Property may be demanding money to keep quiet or demanding a certain personal payment to prevent a strike.

Extortion may serve in lieu of corruption depending on the circumstances, or if it involves a private organization.

A union threatening a strike or collective worker action is NOT extortion unless a specific leader or member is being paid to influence union operations.
