Opinion ID: 3011502
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Heading: Extortion of Maureen McCausland2

Text: Maureen McCausland met Antico in 1983 when Antico was working in L&I's zoning section. McCausland approached Antico to obtain a zoning and/or use permit registration for a prostitution business at 2132 Market Street in Philadelphia. Her zoning application readnude modeling studio and Antico advised her instead to call the business a modeling studio on the application. McCausland did so, and she received the license. She later paid Antico $500 for getting the permit for her. This began a pattern of Antico receiving payments from McCausland for approval of zoning and/or use registration permits for a number of other prostitution businesses she opened over the years. She paid Antico $500 when she applied for the permit and $500 when she received it. McCausland also paid Antico additional sums of money and had sex with him so that he would use his position at L&I _________________________________________________________________ 2. The Maureen McCausland extortion scheme was charged as a racketeering act but not a separate, substantive Hobbs Act extortion count. 5 to protect her business. For example, when Antico was placed in charge of enforcement, he alerted her to the police department's efforts to close her business. McCausland estimated that Antico extorted approximately $8,000 from her during the period covered by the superseding indictment. McCausland's testimony was corroborated by the applications for zoning and use registration permits introduced into evidence. These applications were prepared by Antico and listed the use as modeling studio or physical therapy.