Crooks, criminals, con artists, thieves, drug runners, smugglers & more.........

And if someone in your family is into ancestry and submits his/her DNA, they got yours too...

I guess this is the most appropriate thread?

A self-media blogger randomly interviewed people on the streets of Hong Kong and accidentally ended up interviewing the gang godfather Guo Yonghong. At the start, Guo Yonghong politely declined: "Actually, a lot of people in China know me, there's nothing good to say in an interview with me." But since the blogger didn't recognize him, he kept asking a bunch of audaciously bold questions like "What industry are you in?" "How old were you when you earned your first million in life?" The big shot's mind was racing at high speed: How should I respond without turning this into courtroom evidence against me?

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This could be amusing to follow.

Accused leader of Penn State drug ring called himself 'The Godfather': witness​

It started out with a few friends chipping in $50 each to buy a plastic baggy of cocaine from a Philadelphia source in 2022, according to Lars Zeepvat, a former student at Penn State.

But Agostino “Agui” Abbatiello had ambitions higher than just doing a bit of blow with his bros, according to Zeepvat. Whereas Zeepvat was addicted to the drug, Abbatiello got hooked on the money and popularity that came with being the biggest cocaine dealer in State College from 2023 to 2025, Zeepvat said.

After Abbatiello got a reliable line on cheap cocaine in volume out of New York and began moving product worth hundreds of thousands, he began calling himself “The Godfather,” Zeepvat said. Abbatiello started buying new clothes, placing high-stakes bets, buying $5,000 marijuana bongs and throwing bags of cocaine on his kitchen table for people to take free bumps at game day afterparties.

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Nothing serious, entertainment.

John Franzese Jr. remembers target practice on Carmine Persico's farm

Sep 6, 2026 #carminepersico #sonnyfranzese #colombofamily
Carmine "Junior" Persico and Sonny Franzese had a long friendship over the years that they were in the upper echelon of the Colombo Family. John Franzese Jr. recalls the many times that the families socialized together.

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What Do Mobsters Actually Do All Day?​

Sep 7, 2026
When most people picture a day in the life of a mobster, they imagine endless shootouts, brutal shakedowns, and constant illegal activity straight out of a Hollywood movie. The reality of La Cosa Nostra is vastly different. In this video, former Colombo family Caporegime Michael Franzese breaks down exactly what a mobster does all day, detailing his grueling 24/7 routine as he climbed the ranks from a young recruit to a made soldier, and eventually a powerful street boss. Michael exposes the truth behind the mafia oath, explaining how he had to constantly hustle to make a legitimate living through auto body shops and flea markets while being on-call around the clock for the underworld.
Beyond driving the bosses and learning the strict rules of respect, Michael reveals that the Mafia doesn't just hand out bags of cash once a recruit gets their button. Every dollar must be earned, which is why he studied the ultimate racketeer, Frank Costello, to build his own empire. From visiting his Capo multiple times a week to put his legitimate businesses "on record," to running Long Island nightclubs until 4:00 AM and balancing dozens of federal indictments, Michael exposes the exhausting, high-stakes reality of running a crew—and the heavy toll that lifestyle ultimately took on his family.

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Confessions of a Mercenary and Million-Dollar Arms Dealer

Sep 8, 2026
Meet Dave Tompkins, a former London safe-cracker who escalated his criminal career to become a notorious mercenary and international arms broker. In this exclusive interview, Dave reveals the brutal realities of fighting in the 1976 Angolan Civil War, recovering Soviet AK74 rifles for US Intelligence in Afghanistan, and brokering million-dollar arms deals across the globe. From surviving a landmine explosion to getting caught in a federal sting operation while buying an A-37B Dragonfly bomber for the Cali Cartel to assassinate Pablo Escobar, dive into the dangerous, unrepentant life of a man who thrived in the world's most violent conflicts.

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Originally posted in the military thread but moved it here. Great vid, the guy is funny and was a crook, lol.

Federal RICO lawsuit.



America's most powerful vaccine organization has been hit with a federal RICO lawsuit for running a decades-long vaccine racketeering operation.

The American Academy of Pediatrics illegally deceived parents for decades into injecting their small children with large batteries of untested vaccines by issuing FRAUDULENT vaccine recommendations.

The AAP takes money from Merck, Pfizer, and Moderna to promote MAXIMAL vaccination for MAXIMUM profit, despite having ZERO safety data on injecting 72 doses into children.

And now, they finally face accountability.

Over 19,000 fraudulent ballots that were counted in Fulton County were found in the 2020 Georgia election, but even worse, the people who were hired to count the ballots turned out to be a company whose parent company is partially owned by Stacey Abrams herself, who let the fake ballots slide in the first place.

So, Stacey Abrams's temp firm was the one counting the votes, who also played a key role in "voter registrations" for Joe Biden through a political activist group against Donald Trump. You just can't make this stuff up. They had everything set up from the inside from the start.

Remember, the most important people are the ones who count the votes. This incident alone was enough to flip Georgia to Trump, with Biden's margin of "victory" only being 11,779 votes.

Where Did All My Money Go? The Secret $33 Million Mafia Bank Account

Sep 18, 2026
Whenever former Colombo family Caporegime Michael Franzese speaks to audiences worldwide, one question inevitably surfaces above all others: Where is all the money buried? In this video, Michael breaks his silence on what actually happened to the illicit millions generated from his multi-billion-dollar gasoline bootlegging empire. He takes viewers behind the scenes of his complex partnership with Larry Iorizzo—a brilliant, 500-pound operator who helped architect the fuel tax scheme that pulled in upwards of $8 million a week before panic, extravagant spending, and an ill-fated escape to Manuel Noriega's Panama unraveled his operation.
Michael details how federal agents executed an extradition snatch in Panama, bringing Iorizzo into custody where the unbearable thought of a two-foot prison cot immediately flipped him into the government's star witness. When federal prosecutors attempted to use Iorizzo against Michael in a Manhattan courtroom headed by Rudy Giuliani, the defense dismantled his credibility on the stand, forcing a desperate legal standoff over a secret numbered bank account in Austria holding over $33 million. Explaining the true cost of eight years in federal prison, millions in restitution, and the harsh fate of those who chase underworld riches, Michael reveals why criminal fortunes inevitably turn to dust.
Full video: • Millions of Dollars in Foreign Bank Lost!!...

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Why the Irish Mob Died and the Mafia Didn’t

Sep 29, 2026 Sit Down with Michael Franzese
People, let me set this straight right now. The first real organized crime gangs in New York weren’t Italian. They were IRISH — decades before my people ever got off the boat. The Forty Thieves, the Dead Rabbits, the Gophers, the Hudson Dusters. They owned the docks, the unions, and City Hall. So here’s my question: if the Irish were first, why is there no Irish Commission? Why was there no Irish Luciano?
I knew these guys. I did business with the Westies. Jimmy Coonan was a stand-up guy — and I know more about Jimmy than most people do. Some of that I’ll get to. And I’ll correct a few things the legend gets wrong: the Gambinos didn’t partner with the Westies out of fear, and Fat Tony wasn’t the real power behind that deal.We go through all of it — Hell’s Kitchen, Whitey Bulger and the biggest law enforcement scandal in mob history, Danny Greene in Cleveland — and then I give you my verdict. Because the answer to who won isn’t about who was tougher. A feared crew dies with its leader. An organization replaces him by Tuesday. That’s the whole difference.

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What Do Mobsters Actually Do All Day?​

Sep 7, 2026
When most people picture a day in the life of a mobster, they imagine endless shootouts, brutal shakedowns, and constant illegal activity straight out of a Hollywood movie. The reality of La Cosa Nostra is vastly different. In this video, former Colombo family Caporegime Michael Franzese breaks down exactly what a mobster does all day, detailing his grueling 24/7 routine as he climbed the ranks from a young recruit to a made soldier, and eventually a powerful street boss. Michael exposes the truth behind the mafia oath, explaining how he had to constantly hustle to make a legitimate living through auto body shops and flea markets while being on-call around the clock for the underworld.
Beyond driving the bosses and learning the strict rules of respect, Michael reveals that the Mafia doesn't just hand out bags of cash once a recruit gets their button. Every dollar must be earned, which is why he studied the ultimate racketeer, Frank Costello, to build his own empire. From visiting his Capo multiple times a week to put his legitimate businesses "on record," to running Long Island nightclubs until 4:00 AM and balancing dozens of federal indictments, Michael exposes the exhausting, high-stakes reality of running a crew—and the heavy toll that lifestyle ultimately took on his family.

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Born Grillo illegitimate son.

Congress.

Conservative Felon

I WAS GROOMED TO BE A PRISON FIGHTER

Oct 10, 2026
Explaining how growing up prepared me to fight in prison for seventeen years, and explaining why and how I won most of the fights I was in. #insideprison #prisonfight #prisonlife #fighting

I WAS GROOMED TO BE A PRISON FIGHTER

Thai cops bust 'audacious' cross-border fiberoptic cable running to Myanmar scam compound — 350-meter, 48-core cable was supplying illegal border casino and a scam center with 6TB of data per day​

Thai authorities have reportedly busted an 'audacious' criminal gang scheme, in which hundreds of meters of fiberoptic cable were found running across the border of Thailand into Myanmar. The cable was found to be serving an online scam compound in the country, which included an illegal border casino and a suspected scam center, SCMP reports.

According to the report, officers were called to homes in Nong Lu, a village in the border province of Kanchanaburi. The province is a gateway to Myanmar's Three Pagodas Pass, which is described as "a notorious hub for cyber scammers." Police reportedly found "two ramshackle village homes" using up enough daily internet bandwidth to power an entire village. What they found at the scene of one property was a 48-core fibre optic cable with a robust covering, strung up along pylons and stretching 350 meters (1,100) feet across the border. The cable was being used to siphon bandwidth out of Thailand and into Myanmar for illicit, criminal activity.

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Clues Led DEA’s Crypto Detective to Own Family​

Oct 23, 2026 · To escape the chaos of her Russian childhood, Lili Infante became an American law enforcement prodigy. She …