We now know there were Mafia behind the Crescent scam.
http://www.lukeisback.com/stars/stars/carl_ruderman.htm
I suspect the Mafia was a partner in the recently busted NYElites.com and Exotica-2000.com operation.
http://www.lukeisback.com/essays/essays/exotica2000.htm
Where was owner Elena Trochetchenkova when the bust happened? She was meeting her organized crime contact delivering the cash. What's his name? I need to know. A traditional Italian-American mob contact. Not the Genoveses.