I missed that connection, TIS! Must've had my head in the tortilla chips and dip! That would be heavy! Another thought occured to me: Maybe Tony is stashing it because he's afraid to use his Russian money-launderer (Slava, I think is his name). After all, Paulie and Christopher royally screwed the pooch in Pine Barrens!

"Vaya con Dios, Castle. Go with God."
"God's going to sit this one out." The Punisher (2004)