Agostino Accardo an alleged Bonanno crime family associate and his brother Michael Accardo have been indicted by the Manhattan DA as part of the recently busted building inspectors graft scheme. The Accardo brothers were allegedly running an illegal money transmission and check bundling business. The scheme worked by them collecting checks from customers and then cashing them at commercial check cashiers in New Jersey and New York withholding the commercial check cashing fee’s along with an additional fee they imposed before returning the cash to the customers.
“New York Graft Scheme Bust“
This illegal operation was discovered during the investigation into the building inspectors graft scheme where nearly fifty building inspectors and construction contractors some with other mob ties were charged. According to the charges builders were illegally bribing city employees to fast track certain projects over looking code violations. Mark Peters the DOI Commissioner said dozens of violations which were over looked could potentially endanger the safety of citizens.
Agostino Accardo was deported by the feds back to Italy after a conviction on extortionate extension of credit charges back in 2007. He was later allowed back to the United States when an appellate court reversed the DHS action that was previously administered. This sort of mafia news is not a shock when involving these types of scheme’s.
the mob just keep adapting with changing times and keep finding new rackets espiccaly in New York even outside new york there has been very sophisticated scams taking place nicky scafrojr in new Jersy for instance made nearly 12millioen in his scam among others. In kanas city in 2010 inditments showed they were running a online gamling ring worth 3.5 millioen on a yearly basis and several crews in new York are making tens of milloens of pounds from online gambling i know familys like philly, new england mob and decavanctes are not making the money from online gambling like they are in new york but they are still making decent money
Indeed the mafia always finds new ways to earn no matter what. They adapt better then any other criminal enterprises through out history.
Yes online gambling has def become a major area of interest and earnings for the NY families and many of the other established families in other states.