Ted - The poster "marine" may come off a little nutty, but what he's saying is believable if you were in Joey Merlino's orbit back when he was partying it up in the 90s on Delaware avenue and in Margate. It was hard not to see him out because he was constantly at all the hot spots and he was treated like a celebrity.

Point is, there are a bunch of incidents like this. Using money that wasn't his, taking jewelery off of people, having his goombah's rough people up for no good reason. Some people on this board likely witnessed his antics first-hand.

As for whether he is boss, if he still is, then our FBI/Police are really off their game because that money kicked up to him just doesn't magically appear without any kind of paper trail, delivery/courier service, etc. Not in this day and age; especially if they are watching him like a hawk.