Hope for the best? Didn't know they did that, but thinking about it, it is the only way in which they could continue to work. How do they go about not getting caught with this scam? Whose name do they own property in? I do realise though that a lot of gangsters have went down due their utter stupidity with regard to income tax evasion.

Mick [/b][/quote]Mick, there are plenty of tax dodges in this country that rich, supposedly legitimate people use--and that Mob guys follow. Sometimes a corporation or a foundation owns real estate, and the CEO lives there, rent-free. Or, they take advantage of various state laws that make one's primary residence untouchable by any legal process, or that permit spouses to own your property without you being accountable for it.

"...their utter stupidity with regard to income tax evasion." Oho, you said it! Possibly the understatement of the year! Income tax evasion has put away more gangsters for more years than drugs and RICO combined. The irony is that it's easy--very easy--for them to avoid falling into that trap, but they're too stupid and greedy to do the smart thing.