Meet Jessica Wolcott. Or, rather, you should probably hope you haven't actually met Jessica. You see, she’s the 22-year-old who pleaded guilty last week to extorting $125,000 from a man identified in a U.S. District Court complaint as the chief executive of a Fortune 500 Company. Smoking Gun has the story.
The CEO of a Fortune 500 company was the target of a six-figure extortion plot hatched by a woman who first met the businessman online and then later threatened to go public with details of his extramarital affairs, The Smoking Gun has learned. According to an FBI agent, the New York executive acknowledged that on "multiple occasions" he trolled for women on Craigslist and a second site "devoted to bringing together attractive women and wealthy men who were seeking romantic relationships." It was during the CEO's time on Craigslist earlier this year that he met Jessica Wolcott, a 22-year-old who pleaded guilty last week to extorting $125,000 from the executive. According to a detailed U.S. District Court complaint (a copy of which you'll find below), Wolcott began sending the executive threatening e-mails in August, warning that unless he paid $125,000, she would tell his wife that "you've been looking for a fill in for her...After all these years of being married this is how you repay your vows? You are disgusting."
The complaint redacts the identity of the victim, of course. But it does offer a few tantalizing clues. Which already has us playing the old guess who game. First, we know he's the CEO of a Fortune 500 company. So that narrows it down to, well, 500 possible CEOs right? And we learn that the CEO apparently lives in Connecticut. What's more, after they introduced themselves online, Jessica and our mystery CEO met in person in a Mount Kisco bar, in Westchester County. So we're probably not talking about the far-off reaches of Connecticut. Think Greenwich or Stamford. Other details: he’s married and has children. And, well, that’s about it for clues.
Fortune 500 CEO In Sex Extortion [TheSmokingGun.com]
Posted by Lee, Nov 27, 2006 5:24PM
We've got 42 choices (men, nyc). Let's narrow it down people!
1 Citigroup 8
2 American Intl. Group 9
3 J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. 17
4 Verizon Communications 18
5 Altria Group 20
6 Morgan Stanley 30
7 Pfizer 31
8 Merrill Lynch 34
9 MetLife 35
10 Time Warner 40
11 Goldman Sachs Group 41
12 Lehman Brothers 62
13 American Express 69
14 New York Life Insurance 74
15 Alcoa 79
16 TIAA-CREF 81
17 News Corp. 86
18 Amerada Hess 88
19 Bristol-Myers Squibb 110
20 Cendant 114
21 Loews 145
22 CBS 149
23 Marsh & McLennan 186
24 Consolidated Edison 199
25 Bear Stearns 202
26 Colgate-Palmolive 204
27 Omnicom Group 225
28 Viacom 241
29 L-3 Communications 253
30 Guardian Life of America 256
31 Bank of New York Co. 278
32 Assurant 306
33 IAC/InterActiveCorp 313
34 Estee Lauder 340
35 Dover 342
36 Interpublic Group 348
37 McGraw-Hill 359
38 Asbury Automotive Group 364
39 Foot Locker 383
40 CIT Group 384
41 Barnes & Noble 422
42 Liz Claiborne 440