American Voices

Wall Street And The Mob

June 21, 2000 | ISSUE 36•23

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?

  • 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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