Jeff Bezos, the world’s wealthiest person, revealed in a sensational blog post on Thursday that he believed he was the victim of “extortion and blackmail” by the company behind The National Enquirer. Legal definitions aside, there is a foolproof definition for blackmail and extortion, according to William N. Nettles, the United States attorney in South Carolina from 2010 to 2016. “They are like fancy bullying,” Mr. Nettles said. Extortion vs. blackmailExtortion and blackmail are similar concepts with overlapping definitions. “They are very, very similar,” Mr. Nettles said.

Source: New York Times February 08, 2019 19:30 UTC