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after federal agents caught him on tape encouraging witnesses to lie to a grand jury and deny that they had been giving him $ 500 to $ 1,000 a week in cash bribes to keep getting business from the Hired Truck program. Laski resigned his $ 135,545-a-year job and gave up his law license. In March 2006
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charges for allegedly rigging city hiring to favor people with political connections. On July 5, 2006, Sorich, was convicted on two counts of mail fraud for rigging city jobs and promotions. Nick "The Stick" LoCoco was also of prime concern. He was discovered as the city employee whose primary job
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investigation began when a reporter, Tim Novak, spotted a red truck parked on the city block where he resides. This single red dump truck bore a sign saying it was leased to the city of
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scheme for paying a total of $ 476,000 to six "ghosts" for little or no work over a dozen years. Kozubowski was sentenced to five years in prison. In June 2006, Laski was sentenced to two years in prison.
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1262:Philadelphia Greek Mob
1175:Mafia Commission Trial
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365:– via ipsn.org.
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1267:Rizzuto crime family
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1232:Inzerillo Mafia clan
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352:"Paid to do nothing"
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