by chubby » Mon Feb 24, 2020 3:35 pm
TallGuy19 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 8:11 pm
chubby wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 2:06 pm
TallGuy19 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 16, 2020 10:17 am
PaddyWhack wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2020 10:18 am
When it comes to organized crime, the Russian/Armenians are much better organized then the Mexican gangs. They have had a stranglehold on the marijuana business and the dispensaries that sell it in So Cal. Also heavily involved in extortion, gambling , medical fraud..
Are you familiar with the Armenian Power gang? I came across some articles about them and found them very interesting.
I am. I have close friends who are old long standing members and know other Armenians who are obviously connected to Ap. The problem is now, that I don’t understand, once Armenian power came under the sureno flag of the Mexican mafia... lots more Armenians lately have been joining historic Hispanic street gangs instead of Ap... such as Burbank 13, 18 street, other neighborhoods from the San Fernando valley ...
I don’t really get it cause there’s enough Armenians in Los Angeles to basically hold their own, I mean in Glendale they have the highest number of Armenians outside Armenian ... and they are all connected to each other and the higher ups answer to Russian Oc since a lot of Armenians are Russian Armenian.. I’ll tell you this I’ve yet to see a group of people who literally know how to scam everything , they’re very smart in the white collar fraud area plus they have the drug connections through their Mexican connects.. and for some reason ... (I know armos hate being called middle eastern but they are) but every major pharmaceutical connection I’ve ever seen or heard of in LA it’s alwags a middle eastern , Lebanese , Syrian, Israeli, Armenian, Persian... they know how to fuck the system in every single way and it’s accepted in their culture .. I’ve been to many of their homes and met mothers, aunts, grandmothers and business performed right in the open and they see nothing wrong with it..
Do you have any idea how they are structured? An article I read about them said they have about 250 fully inducted members and hundreds of associates. They sound fairly organized and sophisticated but the story did not go into detail about their hierarchy.
It’s kind of loosely based .. like I said I have close friends who I was with daily who actually got federally indicted last February, arrested on Valentine’s Day.. the strength they have is that they heavily stick to their own.. ifs very hard to gain their trust if you’re not/ cannot speak Armenian... the guys I was around I would say were mid level.. all had multiple luxury cars. From Lexus to Maybachs And Bentley’s.. they all sold a ton of pharmaceuticals. Perks. Xannies, adderall, and one big money maker was somehow they would get a hold of expired HIV medication . That even at a pharmacy a bottle was worth like 15k.. and they would relabel them and switch the expiration date and sell them to pharmacies . When my buddy got caught he has 3.5 million worth of the aids meds. The only part that’s structured is the fraud, but even then it’s kinda free for all. But they’re good at that shit.. to the point where the guy I know would get rewritten debit cards with the peoples pins included so he could just stop at atm to a all day and pull out straight cash .. I was pretty blown away by that ... but once they get locked up they’re considered surenos and are under the Mexican mafia flag in jail/ prison ... and some of the really high up ones like I said have contacts to Russian oc. Like my buddy spoke Armenian and Russian fluently. Came to USA when he was 15.
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When it comes to organized crime, the Russian/Armenians are much better organized then the Mexican gangs. They have had a stranglehold on the marijuana business and the dispensaries that sell it in So Cal. Also heavily involved in extortion, gambling , medical fraud..
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Are you familiar with the Armenian Power gang? I came across some articles about them and found them very interesting.
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I am. I have close friends who are old long standing members and know other Armenians who are obviously connected to Ap. The problem is now, that I don’t understand, once Armenian power came under the sureno flag of the Mexican mafia... lots more Armenians lately have been joining historic Hispanic street gangs instead of Ap... such as Burbank 13, 18 street, other neighborhoods from the San Fernando valley ...
I don’t really get it cause there’s enough Armenians in Los Angeles to basically hold their own, I mean in Glendale they have the highest number of Armenians outside Armenian ... and they are all connected to each other and the higher ups answer to Russian Oc since a lot of Armenians are Russian Armenian.. I’ll tell you this I’ve yet to see a group of people who literally know how to scam everything , they’re very smart in the white collar fraud area plus they have the drug connections through their Mexican connects.. and for some reason ... (I know armos hate being called middle eastern but they are) but every major pharmaceutical connection I’ve ever seen or heard of in LA it’s alwags a middle eastern , Lebanese , Syrian, Israeli, Armenian, Persian... they know how to fuck the system in every single way and it’s accepted in their culture .. I’ve been to many of their homes and met mothers, aunts, grandmothers and business performed right in the open and they see nothing wrong with it..
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Do you have any idea how they are structured? An article I read about them said they have about 250 fully inducted members and hundreds of associates. They sound fairly organized and sophisticated but the story did not go into detail about their hierarchy.
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It’s kind of loosely based .. like I said I have close friends who I was with daily who actually got federally indicted last February, arrested on Valentine’s Day.. the strength they have is that they heavily stick to their own.. ifs very hard to gain their trust if you’re not/ cannot speak Armenian... the guys I was around I would say were mid level.. all had multiple luxury cars. From Lexus to Maybachs And Bentley’s.. they all sold a ton of pharmaceuticals. Perks. Xannies, adderall, and one big money maker was somehow they would get a hold of expired HIV medication . That even at a pharmacy a bottle was worth like 15k.. and they would relabel them and switch the expiration date and sell them to pharmacies . When my buddy got caught he has 3.5 million worth of the aids meds. The only part that’s structured is the fraud, but even then it’s kinda free for all. But they’re good at that shit.. to the point where the guy I know would get rewritten debit cards with the peoples pins included so he could just stop at atm to a all day and pull out straight cash .. I was pretty blown away by that ... but once they get locked up they’re considered surenos and are under the Mexican mafia flag in jail/ prison ... and some of the really high up ones like I said have contacts to Russian oc. Like my buddy spoke Armenian and Russian fluently. Came to USA when he was 15.