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An inspector with the Philadelphia Department of Licenses and Inspection (LandI) has been charged with extortion under the Hobbs Act. U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger announced the indictment, which alleges that Kenneth Gassman used his position with LandI in an effort to compel a commercial property owner to sell the property to him. The Hobbs Act bars actual or attempted robbery or extortion affecting interstate or foreign commerce.
