September 20, 2013
The cousin of reputed mafia figure Nicodemo Scarfo pled guilty Wednesday in New Jersey federal court to conspiring to fraudulently apply for a mortgage, settling allegations that he participated in a scheme in which Scarfo allegedly drained $12 million from a bankrupt mortgage company.
September 17, 2013
The wife of reputed mafia figure Nicodemo Scarfo pled guilty Tuesday in New Jersey federal court to conspiring to fraudulently apply for a mortgage, settling allegations against her in the prosecution of a scheme in which Scarfo allegedly drained $12 million from a bankrupt mortgage company.
September 13, 2013
A Florida man on Wednesday asked a New Jersey federal judge to sever him from a racketeering and securities fraud prosecution due to poor health and because he has no Mafia ties, unlike his fellow defendants accused in a scheme to plunder $12 million from a bankrupt Texas mortgage company.
August 05, 2013
A Pennsylvania accountant on Thursday pled guilty to a conspiracy to commit fraud charge in New Jersey federal court tied to his role in the allegedly extortionate takeover of FirstPlus Financial Group Inc., a Texas-based mortgage lender federal prosecutors say was bankrupted by members of the Lucchese organized crime family. Correction: An earlier story incorrectly reported the charges to which Drossner pled guilty. The error has been corrected.