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Extortion Case Collapses Against Bikie Boss Who Was Recorded Allegedly Warning ‘Someone Has to Pay’

Prosecutors withdrew the charge after legal concerns over recorded comments and conduct, while Leavitt pleaded guilty to lesser offences and was fined $2,000.

Victoria’s OPP has withdrawn blackmail charges against Joel Leavitt laid in February by Taskforce Hawk after concluding that the state’s criminal code did not unequivocally outlaw the conduct Leavitt allegedly engaged in when the Bandidos chapter president.

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Sydney Morning Herald broke the news in North Sydney, Australia on Thursday, October 1, 2026.
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