The White collar activity involves Unions, Construction, legit businesses getting city contracts through bidding, offshore bookmaking ( which is legit and the customers use credit cards ).
I've seen this mentioned before.
Obviously, it's no secret that mob families have been using offshore gambling sites where a player is given a user name and password, and can place a bet. And the bookie can also log into the same site to see who is players bet on and how much. And, of course, all the money is exchanged locally. No credit cards.
And obviously there are many legal online betting sites, where one can use a credit card, though many of them have been chased away from the U.S. market.
But where do we get the idea that the Outfit is involved in this quasi-legal form of bookmaking? I know somebody mentioned that on Fosco's blog a few years ago but that's it. And, interestingly enough, there hasn't been a gambling bust involving anyone from DiFronzo's North Side crew since the Dotes and Scalise were busted back 2000.
