Does one really have to ask why, the feds, IRS and others continue to build an investigation? He's Joey Merlino, the feds have had a hard on for him forever, and they'd like to put him away for life, which is the harsh reality of Merlino and the Philly mob. And I always kinda had this belief that the feds wanted the second generation kids of the Scarfo admin locked up under the jail, in fear that they'd continue the "legacy" of sorts.