In the course of researching the big-time sports betting world, I soon discovered there was unanimous agreement among the dozens of people I interviewed (bookies,
Robert Brennan is back in the news this week, following the successful completion of his prison sentence. According to the AP, Brennan spent months in
Serious NBA betting scandal followers may recall that it was Joe Vito’s phone records that were first subpoenaed in the FBI probe which led to
Because I am in a unique position – and, in fact have motivations – to address this, it requires its own post (whereas other dubious
There has been very little discussed of betting line movement on NBA games Tim Donaghy officiated. Though this is a challenging assignment for a variety
(Offscreen) Anchor: Yet, based on investigations by 60 Minutes and the FBI, was [Donaghy] actually influenced in the way he was refereeing? CBS Correspondent Bob
Though not expressly my research area, illicit gambling has never been far from my organized crime work. Certainly, the two-degrees of separation that often mark
I am often asked where to locate various data and more general information regarding white-collar crime. What follows is a list of sites helpful to
Also commonly known as micro-cap stock fraud, this variant of “white-collar” crime has received little academic attention. This is problematic – and remarkable, when you
Even though Black Brothers, Inc. is first and foremost a non-fiction, true crime read, I have commonly said it is also a tale of politics