![]() Litzenburg allegedly also said that after making these statements, he would use media and other means to find plaintiffs to sue Company 1. ![]() Litzenburg was released on bail.Īccording to the criminal complaint, in approximately October 2019, Litzenburg approached a company (Company 1) and threatened to make public statements alleging that Company 1 had significant civil liability for manufacturing a purportedly harmful chemical used in a common household product used to kill weeds. Hoppe of the Western District of Virginia. Litzenburg was arrested this morning and appeared before U.S. Timothy Litzenburg, 37, of Charlottesville, Virginia, was charged in a criminal complaint unsealed today with transmitting interstate communications with intent to extort, attempted extortion and conspiracy to commit extortion and transmit interstate communications with intent to extort. Postal Inspection Service’s Criminal Investigations Group. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Inspector in Charge Delany De Leon-Colón of the U.S. A licensed Virginia attorney was arrested today on federal extortion and interstate threat charges for allegedly trying to extort a public company by threatening to inflict substantial financial and reputational harm on the company if his demands for a $200 million payment disguised as a purported “consulting agreement” were not met, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A.
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