Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1488
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Blackmail
Official statutory text
Blackmail is verbally or by written or printed communication and
with intent to extort or gain any thing of value from another or to
compel another to do an act against his or her will:
1. Accusing or threatening to accuse any person of a crime or
conduct which would tend to degrade and disgrace the person accused;
2. Exposing or threatening to expose any fact, report or
information concerning any person which would in any way subject
such person to the ridicule or contempt of society; or
3. Threatening to report a person as being illegally present in
the United States, and is coupled with the threat that such
accusation or exposure will be communicated to a third person or
persons unless the person threatened or some other person pays or
delivers to the accuser or some other person some thing of value or
does some act against his or her will. Blackmail is a Class D1
felony offense punishable by imprisonment as provided for in
subsections B through F of Section 20N of this title, or a fine not
to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by both such
imprisonment and fine.
with intent to extort or gain any thing of value from another or to
compel another to do an act against his or her will:
1. Accusing or threatening to accuse any person of a crime or
conduct which would tend to degrade and disgrace the person accused;
2. Exposing or threatening to expose any fact, report or
information concerning any person which would in any way subject
such person to the ridicule or contempt of society; or
3. Threatening to report a person as being illegally present in
the United States, and is coupled with the threat that such
accusation or exposure will be communicated to a third person or
persons unless the person threatened or some other person pays or
delivers to the accuser or some other person some thing of value or
does some act against his or her will. Blackmail is a Class D1
felony offense punishable by imprisonment as provided for in
subsections B through F of Section 20N of this title, or a fine not
to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by both such
imprisonment and fine.
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