{Beckley , West Virginia }…Twenty-five year old Vivek Shah, an aspiring
actor from West Hollywood , California appeared Tuesday before Magistrate Clarke
VanDervort in U.S. District Court in Beckley to be
arraigned on charges of trying to extort $13 million from West Virginia coal executive Foresight
Reserves owner Christopher Cline. Shah was indicted in August after being
accused of threatening to kill relatives of Cline, if he didn’t pay up. Shah is
also accused of attempting to extort money from four other victims, including a film studio co-founder from Connecticut ,
two oil and gas millionaires in Texas and Florida and an internet company founder from Chicago
