Man arrested in Puerto Rico government chat scandal ...United Arab Emirates

Miami: The FBI arrested a man Wednesday for allegedly trying to extort $300,000 (Dh1.1 million) from government officials in Puerto Rico to prevent the release of private messages that later pushed the island's governor to resign, authorities said. The governor, Ricardo Rossello, stepped down in 2019 after hundreds of pages of incendiary messages on the app Telegram were leaked. Sixto Jorge Diaz Colon, 52, faces federal charges including extortion and obstruction of justice for allegedly demanding government contracts in exchange for keeping secret the chats that sparked protests in the US Caribbean territory two years ago. "Defendant Sixto Jorge Diaz Colon threatened and attempted to extor

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