My question involves criminal law for the state of: Oregon
Is it illegal for someone to make demands for the return of stolen money/goods? For example, if someone scammed the money online for another online (using blackmail and false identities), then the victim comes back and says if they do not return the money and give them a phone number they will go to the police. Is that illegal even though the funds were obtained illegally themselves?
Also, is it not a threat if they make a threatening statement and say at the end something like "not a threat" or "not a threat, just stating facts?"
And finally, they claim to have a "private investigator" that has all the scammers information but won't let the scammer know the information. How legal is that?

