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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?

Young Woman

Cindy Greenwood,
Pediatrician
"I kind of expected more from the Gambinos than sitting at home, bilking old ladies out of their stock portfolios on a blueberry iMac."

Asian Man

Rudolph Lambert,
File Clerk
"It's about time they nailed Sammy 'Double Click' Luchese and the whole Dotcommicia crime syndicate."

Young Man

John Furness,
Teacher
"All those pork bellies in my bed are finally starting to make sense."

Black Man

Bill Greene,
Stock Broker
"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."

Old Man

Lawrence Ham,
Systems Analyst
"Well, my broker is E.F. Hutton, and E.F. Hutton had better not say a goddamn word."

Old Woman

Pamela Kolb,
Botanist
"Great. Just when I thought I'd finally gotten caught up on my 21st-century neologisms, I gotta start worrying about the eMafia."

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