He and his crew were involved in a big gambling bust back in 2003.

Here's what the 2004 OC report out of New Jersey said:

Ludwig A. Bruschi heads a fifth crew. Although he managed to stay under law enforcement’s radar for several years, in June of 2003 he was charged with racketeering, leading a criminal enterprise, loan sharking and promoting gambling. Eighteen of his subordinates also were charged in the case. Authorities say that Bruschi oversaw one of the largest illegal gambling and loan-sharking operations in New Jersey, covering portions of Ocean, Monmouth, Middlesex, Hudson, Essex, Passaic and Union counties. The operation is alleged to have booked around $500,000 a week in sports bets and had at least $1 million in illegal loans on the street at any given time, generating hundreds of thousands in interest payment profits.
http://www.state.nj.us/sci/pdf/ocreport.pdf