The last two Outfit related "busts" were loan sharking/extortion-related.
There isn't much big money in small time sports betting anymore. Nor with poker machines. There's still money & the Outfit still capitalizes, but those ventures are dying out.
The outfit's primary source of income these days is extortion/sharking, primarily obscure start up businesses & strip clubs/smut related establishments, with a fair amount of these endeavours taking place cross country, as was we saw in the Carparelli indictment. Bogus real estate scams & drug dealing are also probably a big source of income for them, and the usual stuff like fencing & small time burglary.
I assume you're talking about the Carpelli case, which came down in two indictments. As far as I can tell, these involved extortion methods to collect legitimate business debts. I'm not sure "loansharking" is mentioned anywhere. And, if you look back over the past 10-15 years of Outfit cases (much better than just going with the last two), you'll see that those involving loansharking are few and far between.
Originally Posted By: ChiTown
I think the reality is that guys just using Google aren't ever going to find anything out on the Outfit unless they know where to look and who to look for. If you didn't know the name Steve Panzarella, you wouldn't know about their scam in Wisconsin a few years ago or the fact a Cicero associate (or some speculate made guy) has a company whose contracted with Customs and DHS.
These guys constantly set up shell companies using names that no one knows (or the names of their kids i.e. Teresa Salerno - Bobby's sister and Alex Salerno's aunt - was named a founder of this shell scam company that bilked this tribe).
They have a lot of shit going on - you just need to know where to look. But hey, you don't gotta believe me
For the record, the CFS Inc. thing was new to me but I was familiar with Panzarella, Salerno and the rest because of the lac du flambeau case. That's old news. Anyway, feel free to give more examples of the Outfit infiltrating Indian casinos for their bread and butter. I just don't think there are any.
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