- Joined
- Dec 28, 2014
"(d) Whoever, with intent to extort from any person, firm, association, or corporation, any money or other thing of value, transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication containing any threat to injure the property or reputation of the addressee or of another or the reputation of a deceased person or any threat to accuse the addressee or any other person of a crime, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both."
Felony. You can be imprisoned for more than a year for it. It might be a wobbler that can be charged as either a misdemeanor or felony if the penalty sought is a year or less.