Feb 02 2007
Says prosecutor was disciplined
An internal Justice Department investigation concluded that a federal prosecutor in Boston “engaged in professional misconduct and exercised poor judgment” while prosecuting a federal racketeering case against the hierarchy of the New England Mafia during the early 1990s, according to a letter filed in federal court yesterday. Continue Reading »
Feb 02 2007
Chinese hackers are the big threat, say Russian security experts
Russian security professionals Eugene and Natalya Kaspersky dropped by Network World this week en route from Moscow to the RSA Conference in California. In a wide-ranging interview with Features Editor Neal Weinberg, the Kaspersky Lab duo discussed the Russian mafia, the latest in hacker tricks and their view that the bad guys are winning. Continue Reading »
Feb 01 2007
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida: The admitted boss of the Genovese organized crime family’s South Florida operations pleaded guilty Thursday to federal racketeering charges and could spend the next 20 years in prison.
Renaldi “Ray” Ruggiero, 73, who once contended he was in the restaurant business, said in a plea agreement he was a “capo,” or leader, in the New York-based Mafia family and supervised a crew that committed numerous crimes including extortion, robbery, money laundering and possession of stolen property. Continue Reading »
