Legal Question in Technology Law in Florida

extortion

If a juvenile joking on AIM tells another juvenile on AIM he sent him a virus and if he gives him $30 he will fix it for him, then the compute does crash. The first juvenile didn't send a virus was just trying to be funny. If investigation finds he did not send virus can he still be charged with crime?


Asked on 2/07/07, 11:54 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Alan Wagner Wagner, McLaughlin & Whittemore P.A.

Re: extortion

It is probably, techically, extortion. A false statement to soerce someine into paying money is probably a crime.

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Answered on 2/07/07, 12:27 pm


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