A California man who felt like his insurance company was cheating him has been arrested for threatening to launch a spam email attack against the company.
Anthony Digati, 52, was arrested over the weekend and charged with extortion, federal prosecutors in Manhattan announced Monday.
Digati had sunk almost $50,000 into a variable life insurance policy sold by New York Life and wanted a fourfold return.
When the firm didn't comply, he allegedly threatened to send out 6 million emails critical of the company - which prosecutors say is extortion.
"As you have denied my claim I can only respond in this way," Digati wrote in an e-mail sent last months to dozens of the company's employees, according to a criminal complaint in Manhattan Federal Court.
"You no longer have a choice in the matter, unless of course you want me to continue with this outlined plan. I have nothing to lose, you have everything to lose.
"Of course it is spam, I hired a spam service, I could care less, The damage will be done," Digati allegedly crowed.
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