Attorney leaks info on condo board member’s past legal woes to ‘embarrass her’ into quitting (FL)

A South Florida attorney found himself needing an attorney ahead of Broward County deputies arresting him on an extortion charge Thursday.  That’s because authorities allege he used inside information he had on a neighbor’s legal woes in an ill-fated attempt to get her to resign from the board of his Lauderdale-by-the-Sea condominium building, promising to tarnish her reputation if she didn’t.   Read the article……………………………….

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