Wall Street And The Mob
Last week, the FBI arrested 120 members of New York crime families, breaking up a massive securities scam that combined old-school Mob violence with high-tech Internet fraud. What do you think of organized crime's foray into Wall Street?
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I kind of expected more from the Gambinos than sitting at home, bilking old ladies out of their stock portfolios on a blueberry iMac.
Cindy Greenwood
Pediatrician -
It's about time they nailed Sammy 'Double Click' Luchese and the whole Dotcommicia crime syndicate.
Rudolph Lambert
File Clerk -
All those pork bellies in my bed are finally starting to make sense.
John Furness
Teacher -
Now I see why that big guy in the pinstripe suit came by my office, saying how it'd be a real shame if a sudden interest-rate hike led to investor wariness, precipitating a sell-off in S&P 500 futures.
Bill Greene
Stock Broker -
Well, my broker is E.F. Hutton, and E.F. Hutton had better not say a goddamn word.
Lawrence Ham
Systems Analyst -
Great. Just when I thought I'd finally gotten caught up on my 21st-century neologisms, I gotta start worrying about the eMafia.
Pamela Kolb
Botanist
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