Bolivian Officials Arrested in Plot To Extort New York Businessman Authorities have arrested six government officials suspected of involvement in a scheme to rob and extort a New York businessman jailed in a money-laundering investigation, Interior Minister Carlos Romero said Tuesday. He said those arrested included the judge who first jailed the American, Jacob Ostreicher and officials in the agency that seized 18,000 metric tons of rice from him. Mr. Ostreicher has been jailed without charge since June 2011. He says several officials tried to extort money from him in return for his freedom.