[5] 1 - Extortion

Uses threats or force to obtain monetary or material gain. The Extortion law defines criminal extortion (also sometimes called blackmail) as using force or threats to compel another person to give you money or property, or to compel a public officer to perform an official act.

Felony Maximum Sentence: 400 Seconds VMenu Maximum Sentence: 30 Minutes Economy Fines: $20,000

Offence Occurrence:

1) Uses force or threats to compel another person to give you money or other property, 2) Uses force or threats to compel a public officer to perform an official act, or 3) If it is a public official, acts under official right to compel a person to give up money or property.

Examples:

1) A man armed with a knife breaks into a home and threatens to kill the home's owner if she doesn't open a safe that contains large amounts of cash and expensive jewellery; 2) A real estate developer threatens to expose a council member's extramarital affair to the media if the council member does not vote to approve a project that the developer wants to build; and 3) An adult daughter with a drug problem threatens to accuse her father of molesting her and have him arrested if he does not give her money to buy drugs.