07-12-2014, 06:33 AM
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see you later, I'm gone
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 14,100
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Originally Posted by Rochard
I've been in this business for fifteen years now and have yet to see any mafia connection. That's your imagination at work.
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There is no such thing as the Mafia.
http://www.americanmafia.com/Feature_Articles_288.html
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"Ten years from now, these young guys we've straightened out, we'll be proud of them", Gotti boasted.No doubt the Gambinos were proud of wiseguys like Martino and Locascio who funneled millions into the family organize crime enterprise but federal authorities is gearing up to put the men in the slammer for a long time. Both are scheduled for trial in February 2005--charged in a multiple count indictment for operating the largest internet fraud, pornography and telephone scams in U.S. history. Authorities estimated the Gambinos earned over $400 million.
Indictments issued between March 2003 and February 2004, federal prosecutors assigned to Eastern District in New York indicted Martino, Locascio and movie producer Norman Chanes including additional defendants on charges of racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering stemming from the scams that advertised "free tours" of porn sites that billed the viewers credit card with unauthorized fees. Martino's scheme was cleverly planned;the Gambino capo purchased a bank and telephone company that bilked the U.S. government and cell phone users out of millions. Bruce Chew, 57,the chief executive of Crescent publishing group that operated the porn web sites were among those also indicted on similar charges including bank executive Kenneth Matzdorff from Belton Missouri. Recent news about the case reported that movie producer Norman Chanes(also indicted) might become government witness against the Gambino defendants. Each defendant has pled not guilty declaring they done nothing wrong. Initially months ago when the indictments were issued, Brooklyn U.S. attorney Roslynn R. Mauskopf alleged the defendants bilked internet users out of approximately $230 million by advertising bogus "free tours" of porno web sites owned by the defendants.
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