Providence, R.i.
A man tried to extort $25,000 from a gas station owner by claiming he was a federal agent who had information linking the businessman to Al Qaeda and threatening to jail him, prosecutors said Friday.George Tabora, 44, was charged with attempted extortion and impersonating a federal officer. He has been held since his arrest on Wednesday.
It was unclear whether Tabora had an attorney. No one returned phone messages left at his home.
Warwick police arrested Tabora after catching his teenage son retrieving fake money where his father allegedly told the gas station owner to leave it — in a green drainage pipe next door to Tabora's home.
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