But Mr. Vitale spoke of a criminal hierarchy: the robberies, the loan-sharking, the "hijacking" of trucks carrying "tuna fish, lobster, clothes," and the homicides.
Federal prosecutors said yesterday that 11 men associated with the Colombo organized-crime family had been indicted on various charges, including racketeering conspiracy, robbery conspiracy and loan sharking.
He finally gets a chance to make restitution when a seductive stranger who shows up in the parish flashing $100 bills from a savings and loan robbery in Mobile turns out to be Klein's daughter.
Democrats want take $25 billion away from the bank robbery in progress and loan it to the auto industry.
It's the story of how Hill, who died in 2012, entered the world of organised crime as a young boy, then deepened his mafia involvement in a range of activities that included robberies, selling stolen goods, loan sharking, hijacking, arson and drug dealing.
James (Whitey) Bulger, who was the head of the Irish mob in South Boston, had a history of contract killing, rape, armed robbery, extortion, drug dealing and loan sharking.
But why on earth has this Baedeker of the business boneyard -- the author of "Nightmare on Wall Street," about the way a Salomon Brothers trader finagled the Treasury market, and "The Greatest-Ever Bank Robbery," about the savings and loan quagmire -- written "The Fed"?
Dozens of members will come to trial soon on charges of murder, extortion, loan-sharking, bookmaking, robbery, mail fraud, and trafficking in stolen property.
Mayor Erik Fulop says he and his party use the phrase "gypsy crime" to refer to "types of criminality which are unfortunately especially prevalent among the Roma - extortion by loan sharks, and robberies from homes and gardens".
The treasurer of a Katine village savings and loans association (VSLA) who was attacked during a robbery at her home last year has decided not to continue in the role.
The robbery occurred around 9 30 a.m., when the three masked men entered the Illinois Service Federal Savings & Loan, disarmed one security guard, exchanged gunfire with a second guard, wounding him, and shot the two other victims, the police said.
