Adjani

I. Background

A. The Extortion Scheme2 1 The FBI agents engaged in multiple searches and seizures here. First, FBI agents searched Adjani’s residence. During the course of this search, the agents seized Reinhold’s and Adjani’s computers. Then, at the FBI computer lab, agents searched Reinhold’s computer for evidence of the alleged extortion. Finally, the agents seized the three e-mails forming the basis of this appeal. For purposes of our analysis, however, we collapse the first three events into one, generally referring to it as the “search” of Reinhold’s computer. As for the last event, we refer to it as the “seizure” of e-mail communications. 2 The following factual summary is based entirely on the FBI affidavit presented to, and relied upon by, the magistrate judge in support of the FBI’s request for an arrest warrant for Adjani and a search warrant for var- ious premises. UNITED STATES v. ADJANI 7583 Adjani was once employed by Paycom Billing Services Inc. (formerly Epoch), which facilitates payments from Inter- net users to its client websites. As a payment facilitator, Pay- com receives and stores vast amounts of data containing credit card…