Lobbyist hit with extortion charge in NY after allegedly trying to shake down ex-client for $500K

Fuente: New York Post

Federal authorities in New York have arrested and charged a lobbyist — one who had worked on behalf of an ex-nursing home operator pardoned recently by President Donald Trump — with attempting to force a former client and his son to pay him $500,000, according to documents. Joshua Nass, 34, of Charleston, South Carolina, was scheduled to appear Saturday before a magistrate judge on an attempted extortion charge unsealed Friday, the U. S.