Prosecutors: Mobsters Cheated Irving, Texas Based Mortgage Firm
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - Federal prosecutors are laying out their case to jurors that a group of Philadelphia and southern New Jersey mobsters pulled off a white-collar financial fraud.
The trial of Nicodemo Scarfo and six other defendants started Wednesday in Camden, N.J. Prosecutors say the defendants used threats to take over a publicly traded mortgage company and then kept the firm's assets for themselves.
In his opening statement, assistant U.S. Attorney Howard Wiener told federal jurors that it's a case about "lying, cheating and stealing."
Scarfo is the son of imprisoned Philadelphia crime boss Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo.
Other defendants include a reputed mob associate and two lawyers and two men who were executives at FirstPlus Financial Group, the Irving, Texas-based mortgage company.
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