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Wiseguys, Rabbis, and the FBI: How one man became the biggest loanshark in New York City, went to prison, and escaped.

By J a Schwartzman, Melvin Cooper (With)
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By J a Schwartzman, Melvin Cooper (With)
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Was it the Mafia behind the biggest loanshark in New York City? Or a group of Long Island Rabbis?

Melvin Cooper was a financier with an edge, making risky loans to New York businesspeople until he found himself running the biggest loansharking operation in the city. In 1984, he was arrested by then-U.S. Attorney Rudolph Giuliani along with seven Mafia capos and soldiers from four organized crime families. It was one of Giuliani's first high-profile RICO trials, and he filled the courtroom wi...