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Home » US Law » 2019 US Virgin Islands Code » Title 14 - Crimes » Chapter 35 - Extortion, Oppression, and Threats

§ 701. Extortion defined; penalty

Extortion is the obtaining of property from another person, with his consent, induced by a wrongful use of force or fear, or under color of official right and shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 5 years.

§ 702. Obtaining signature by threats

Whoever, by extortionate means, obtains from another his signature to any paper or instrument, which signature if freely given, would have transferred any property, or created debt, demand, charge, or right of action, shall be punished in the same manner as if the actual delivery of such debt, demand, charge, or right of action were […]

§ 703. Oppression

Whoever, being a public officer, or person pretending to be a public officer, and under the pretense or color of any process or other legal authority— (1) arrests any person or detains him against his will; (2) seizes or levies upon any property; (3) dispossesses any one of any lands or property; or (4) does […]

§ 704. Blackmail

Whoever, with intent to extort any money or other property from another, sends or delivers to any person any letter or other writing, whether subscribed or not, expressing or implying, or adapted to imply any threat, shall be imprisoned not more than 5 years.

§ 705. Threatening letters

Whoever knowingly, willfully and maliciously sends or delivers to another any letter or writing, whether subscribed or not, threatening to accuse him or another of a crime, or to expose or publish any of his failings or infirmities, shall be fined not more than $200 or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.

§ 706. Harassment by telephone, telegraph, or written communication

Whoever, with intent to harass or alarm another person— (1) communicates with a person, anonymously or otherwise, by telephone, or by telegraph, mail or any other form of written communication, in a manner likely to harass or alarm; or (2) makes a telephone call, whether or not a conversation ensues, with no purpose of legitimate […]

§ 707. Intimidation

(a) Whoever, by reason of the actual or perceived race, religion, color, place of birth, sex or ethnicity or handicap of another individual or group of individuals violates sections 252, 253, 254, 295, 296, 297, 298, 621, 622, 623, 624, 705, 706, 922, 923, 924, 1265, 1265a, 1267, 1341, 1700, 1701, 1702, 1703, 1708 and […]