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The poker games were run by the mafia, who pulled in a lot of cash by luring and cheating suckers. I want the FBI to stop scams that funnel money to criminal o

The poker games were run by the mafia, who pulled in a lot of cash by luring and cheating suckers. I want the FBI to stop scams that funnel money to criminal organizations.

tw04 1y ago
A lot of cash? It says “at least $7m” over 6 years across supposedly 4 crime families and how many people? They’d have been better off opening up a Jimmy John’s franchise.
- Aurornis 1y ago
  The key is a lot of cash, or cryptocurrency. If you run a Jimmy John’s, most of your customers will pay with credit cards. Everything runs through banks. You can’t launder that easily. It’s all traceable. It’s all taxable. Run a poker operation and you can get your marks to give you crypto, cash, or small transfers. $7 million in pure cash and crypto proceeds from a poker game is a lot more valuable than $7 million in revenue from a sandwich shop for an organized crime operation.
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  - mb7733 1y ago
    > If you run a Jimmy John’s, most of your customers will pay with credit cards. Everything runs through banks. You can’t launder that easily. You don't need to launder it, it was acquired legally
    - le-mark 1y ago
      Fast food franchises aren’t generating $1M a year either. Ok a McDonald’s in a high traffic area can, but a sandwich shop anywhere? Nope.
      - tw04 1y ago
        We’re supposedly talking about 4 major crime families, it wouldn’t be one McDonalds it would be dozens and dozens. And all legal. Nothing about this story makes sense other other than as yet another headline to try to get people talking about something other than Epstein. Did illegal gambling take place? I’m sure. Were 4 different crime families investing significant resources to take home barely $1m/year? I’m extremely skeptical and given this is coming from Kash “I always look like I just did a line of coke” Patel, I’d say it’s more likely than not we’re getting incomplete, if not bad information
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nicce 1y ago
Situation is pretty bad if you can jail mafia only based on the cheating on poker.
Noaidi 1y ago
Yes, these corporations need to be stopped. Like Wells Fargo. Still trading in the market. Maybe we should go after the stock market as well. https://violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org/parent/wells-fargo https://violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org/parent/wells-farg...

The poker games were run by the mafia, who pulled in a lot of cash by luring and cheating suckers. I want the FBI to stop scams that funnel money to criminal organizations.

tw04 1y ago

A lot of cash? It says “at least $7m” over 6 years across supposedly 4 crime families and how many people? They’d have been better off opening up a Jimmy John’s franchise.

Aurornis 1y ago
The key is a lot of cash, or cryptocurrency. If you run a Jimmy John’s, most of your customers will pay with credit cards. Everything runs through banks. You can’t launder that easily. It’s all traceable. It’s all taxable. Run a poker operation and you can get your marks to give you crypto, cash, or small transfers. $7 million in pure cash and crypto proceeds from a poker game is a lot more valuable than $7 million in revenue from a sandwich shop for an organized crime operation.
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- mb7733 1y ago
  > If you run a Jimmy John’s, most of your customers will pay with credit cards. Everything runs through banks. You can’t launder that easily. You don't need to launder it, it was acquired legally
  - le-mark 1y ago
    Fast food franchises aren’t generating $1M a year either. Ok a McDonald’s in a high traffic area can, but a sandwich shop anywhere? Nope.
    - tw04 1y ago
      We’re supposedly talking about 4 major crime families, it wouldn’t be one McDonalds it would be dozens and dozens. And all legal. Nothing about this story makes sense other other than as yet another headline to try to get people talking about something other than Epstein. Did illegal gambling take place? I’m sure. Were 4 different crime families investing significant resources to take home barely $1m/year? I’m extremely skeptical and given this is coming from Kash “I always look like I just did a line of coke” Patel, I’d say it’s more likely than not we’re getting incomplete, if not bad information

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nicce 1y ago

Situation is pretty bad if you can jail mafia only based on the cheating on poker.

Noaidi 1y ago

Yes, these corporations need to be stopped. Like Wells Fargo. Still trading in the market. Maybe we should go after the stock market as well. https://violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org/parent/wells-fargo https://violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org/parent/wells-farg...