by Johnny1and1 » Thu Sep 15, 2022 6:06 am
The best sources are wire taps and intercepted written communications. Even with these one needs to put things together and make assumptions. At that point the decision is whose assumptions do you trust?
After that every other source, including the Feds, aren't 100% reliable. Things are different in different cities, different famiglia, different crews.
There are items in the Fed's press releases that are clearly not true, and incorrect things in their indictments.
I'd direct you to this video:
https://af11.wordpress.com/page/21/?s=m ... ind+%C2%BB
I'm not a fan of podcasts and people who talk too much but I watched the above video. It is reflective of some things I know to be true, and some of the thought processes. But again, just because I know it to be true doesn't mean it is true outside of my limited first hand experience. The other takeaway is that the Fed's press release on this is embellished, exaggerated, and in some cases not factual. One guy threatened a gambler. Kind of. It's b.s. Mostly they just cut guys off and spread the word. But they got one idiot on tape, and they ran with it. I had a guy into me for $26K. The people that mattered knew about it. We didn't do that stuff. We tried to collect, and tried to collect not using telephone. But you don't chase $26K risking an ongoing stream of revenue. Unless you're stupid, and that does exist. Just not as often as the Feds would like you to believe.
I've said it on here before. It's a pyramid. 10% earn 90%. Like every other business including the one I own today. In that 10% most are pretty smart with some rare exceptions. It's the other 70% - 90% that make headlines the most often. At the bottom guys are barley getting by. The smart ones in the lower half learn quickly to latch on to an earner and find a job. If not, they stay broke and eventually get pinched.
With respect to poeple on the board, and based on what I've read on here, there are guys that know what they're talking about from personal experience. I can tell that. There are also guys on here that are gifted researchers. Where it grows cloudily is when some of these guys draw conclusions and speculate. In other words they post their conclusions as fact, and their conclusions are drawn entirely from sources that aren't 100% accurate. They are to be ignored. Almost all the podcasts are exaggerations and embellished. Fed press releases are filled with works of fiction. The life is secret. No one really knows.
The best sources are wire taps and intercepted written communications. Even with these one needs to put things together and make assumptions. At that point the decision is whose assumptions do you trust?
After that every other source, including the Feds, aren't 100% reliable. Things are different in different cities, different famiglia, different crews.
There are items in the Fed's press releases that are clearly not true, and incorrect things in their indictments.
I'd direct you to this video:
https://af11.wordpress.com/page/21/?s=mafia&searchsubmit=Find+%C2%BB
I'm not a fan of podcasts and people who talk too much but I watched the above video. It is reflective of some things I know to be true, and some of the thought processes. But again, just because I know it to be true doesn't mean it is true outside of my limited first hand experience. The other takeaway is that the Fed's press release on this is embellished, exaggerated, and in some cases not factual. One guy threatened a gambler. Kind of. It's b.s. Mostly they just cut guys off and spread the word. But they got one idiot on tape, and they ran with it. I had a guy into me for $26K. The people that mattered knew about it. We didn't do that stuff. We tried to collect, and tried to collect not using telephone. But you don't chase $26K risking an ongoing stream of revenue. Unless you're stupid, and that does exist. Just not as often as the Feds would like you to believe.
I've said it on here before. It's a pyramid. 10% earn 90%. Like every other business including the one I own today. In that 10% most are pretty smart with some rare exceptions. It's the other 70% - 90% that make headlines the most often. At the bottom guys are barley getting by. The smart ones in the lower half learn quickly to latch on to an earner and find a job. If not, they stay broke and eventually get pinched.
With respect to poeple on the board, and based on what I've read on here, there are guys that know what they're talking about from personal experience. I can tell that. There are also guys on here that are gifted researchers. Where it grows cloudily is when some of these guys draw conclusions and speculate. In other words they post their conclusions as fact, and their conclusions are drawn entirely from sources that aren't 100% accurate. They are to be ignored. Almost all the podcasts are exaggerations and embellished. Fed press releases are filled with works of fiction. The life is secret. No one really knows.