Hey Jose I am not a lawyer but what I have heard from lawyers who defend clients such as Uncle Joe, is that guys like Uncle Joe will claim poverty, but they will have various family members (real family not "family")make payments to the lawyer. $1000 here $2000 you get the idea. That way they can claim they are being persecuted and their whole family is having to help them. In reality it is all BS and that is why the Feds always object when these guys claim poverty. I am not saying this is how it is in Philly just this is how it has been done in the past.