After the legal eagle negotiated him down to $200,000, Paculis was taken into custody in New York City by federal agencys and charged with two counts of using interstate communications to try to extort money.
But because Paculis agreed to a plea deal, Assistant U.S. attorney Joseph Newman decided to drop the additional count against him. Explaining why he made the threats, Paculis cited "bad ecomonic times" as the reason.
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