Pharm Goods Company supplied a doctor with prescription drugs and told the doctor to prescribe those drugs for several uses that had not been approved by the FDA. If the doctor didn’t expand the use of the supplied prescription drugs, Pharm Goods said it would publicly reveal that the doctor had several extramarital affairs with his patients. The doctor here is a victim of?
multiple choice
Fraud
IncorrectBribery
Extortion
Defalcation
Embezzlement
Answer :
The doctor here is a victim of extortion.
The act of obtaining money or something like property, services etc through coercion (that is by using threat or any form of violence) from other person without his wilful consent is known as extortion.
Here, Pharma Goods Company is blackmailing the doctor about his extra marital affairs to be revealed if he didnot expand the supply of their fake drugs. They are using coercion on the doctor inorder to increase their business.
Therefore the doctor mentioned here is a victim of extortion .
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