Legal Opinion
United States v. Vika Verbitskaya
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 21, 2005No. 03-11870PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:
Vika Verbitskaya and Alexander Verbit-sky appeal their convictions and sentences for conspiracy to obstruct, delay and affect interstate and foreign commerce by extortion in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a) (“The Hobbs Act”) and for unlawfully obstructing, delaying and affecting interstate and foreign commerce by extortion in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a) & (b)(2).
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The relevant facts and procedural history are as follows. Stanislov Khazanov notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) in October of 2000 that he was being extorted by his former girlfriend…
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