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A 53-year-old SEO pro will spend more than three years in prison for attempting to extort money from a Dallas firm.
William Stanley (a.k.a William Laurence, Bill Stanley, William Davis, William Harris, and William L. Stanley) has been sentenced to 37 months in prison after threatening to write negative reviews and comments about the company unless paid.
The court has also ordered that Stanley pay $174,888 in restitution to a dozen victims.