BERLIN (AP) – A 33-year-old Italian man was convicted Friday of attempted extortion for threatening to blow up a British National Health Service hospital unless he was paid off with 10 million pounds ($13.2 million) in crypto currency. Defendant Emil A., a resident of Berlin whose last name wasn’t given in line with German privacy laws, was sentenced to three years in prison. Though he never made good on the threat against an unspecified hospital, it came during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic as the British health care system was struggling. British authorities stressed how seriously it was taken at the time. Nigel Leary, deputy director of Britain’s National Crime Agency’s cyber crime unit, said that because of the difficulty of evacuating patients in intensive care, “a mere phone call” threatening to plant an explosive in a hospital could have resulted in loss of life at the time. The court found that the defendant sent an email in April 2020 from his home to … [Read more...] about Italian Man Convicted Over Threat to Blow up British Hospital
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Peter Gotti, mob boss brother of ‘Dapper Don’ John Gotti, dead at 81
close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for February 25 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Mobster Peter Gotti, the one-time Gambino crime boss and successor to brother John "Dapper Don" Gotti, died in North Carolina where he was serving time in federal prison. He was 81. Gotti, who had been sentenced to 25 years in jail after being convicted in 2003 on racketeering and other charges, died of natural causes at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, the Associated Press reported. The Bronx native served more than 17 years behind bars and had been recently seeking an early release because of his poor health. He had been suffering from thyroid problems and was blind in one eye, Lewis Kasman, a former mobster and John Gotti confidant, told the AP. MASSIVE ITALIAN MAFIA TRIAL BEGINS AGAINST 'NDRANGHETA MOB Peter Gotti’s lawyers for years had sought to get him sprung from prison … [Read more...] about Peter Gotti, mob boss brother of ‘Dapper Don’ John Gotti, dead at 81
