A person is guilty of theft if the person obtains property of another by threatening to: (1) Inflict bodily injury on anyone or commit any criminal offense; (2) Accuse anyone of a criminal offense; (3) Expose any secret tending to subject any person to hatred, contempt, or ridicule, or to impair any person's credit or business repute; (4) Take or withhold action as an official, or cause an official to take or withhold action; (5) Bring about or continue a strike, boycott, or other collective unofficial action, if the property is not demanded or received for the benefit of the group in whose interest the actor purports to act; (6) Testify or provide information or withhold testimony or information with respect to another's legal claim or defense; or (7) Inflict any other harm which would not benefit the person making the threat.
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