Actor, phony 'mobsters' targeted pizzeria landlord in $198,000 extortion plot, authorities say

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Actor among group of fake 'mobsters' who pleaded guilty to federal extortion charges in connection with failed shakedown attempt.

A New Jersey-based professional actor was among a group of fake "mobsters" who pleaded guilty to federal extortion charges on Tuesday in connection with aDouglas Singer, 54, and Marianne Wood, 61, hired Leroy Wilson, an actor who made appearances on shows like "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and "The Good Wife," to help them extort a Brooklyn landlord who sold Singer his pizzeria business last year, federal prosecutors said in a statement.

"Wood then produced photographs of the victim, his spouse and children and explained that it would be in the best interest of everyone for the owner to pay up," the statement said. "Wilson, an actor who had been recruited to play the role of a bodyguard, leaned forward toward the owner during the threatening conversation, revealing a pistol holstered on his hip."

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Lindsay literally did that to Tobias in arresteddev ..pretty sure that’s not the right tag.

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