INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The FBI says an Indianapolis man tried to extort more than $200,000 from insurance giant AIG after stealing a computer server that contained personal and health care information for more than 900,000 people.

27-year-old Kevin Michael Stewart is in federal custody at the Marion County Jail pending a detention hearing.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven DeBrota says Stewart was charged
under a new federal law against extorting money by threatening to
disclose stolen confidential information. He also faces a charge of
threatening communications.

The FBI says Stewart's arrest stemmed from a burglary at an AIG
subsidiary in Indianapolis in which a computer server was stolen.
Stewart is accused of extorting $208,000 from AIG by threatening to
release the data onto the Internet in July.

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