Police arrested Internet security analyst Dorin Dehelean in February after he was accused of shaking down a student who used school computers to illegally download music.
UGA police Chief Jimmy Williamson said a woman reported that Dehelean asked her for $800 to make her computer policy violation "go away."
Williamson said police felt there were other victims and assured students they wouldn't face criminal charges or administrative sanctions if they had a similar story to tell police.
But no one else came forward. A Clarke County grand jury will now consider whether to indict Dehelean on a single count of theft by extortion, a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
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