It is nearly certain that Cryptologic laundered the heroin money for Bill Scott and then set him up as their front man for Intercasino.
In this extract from the court records, a legal discussion about the exact meaning of the words "criminal syndicate." It retains its character as such even though one or more of its members does not know the identity of one or more of the other members, and even though its membership changes from time to time.
Bill Scott is not in this extract, but he'll be back! He's the Intercasino front man who was previously engaged in organized crime, a felony of the first degree. He was also involved in heavy heroin and cocaine trafficking.
Should a public company (Cryptologic) be allowed to be financed by a criminal dealing in heroin when this same criminal acts as their front man for Intercasino, and this crooked casino generates the majority of Cryptologic’s revenues?
No wonder that Jenny and Harvey Solursh, and Andrew and Mark Rivkin resigned so suddenly, they are scared to be around when the RCMP will knock on the door to ask questions. Jenny Solursh is so dishonest she kept it secret that she was in fact married to Mark Rivkin for many years. Where is the press release to announce that she is gone, disappeared? You would expect that a public company will give a “story” any story when the vice president goes?
Harvey Solursh will have some hard explaining to do as their chief financial officer, but more important, as the ex outside auditor for the period when Bill Scott laundered his heroin money by giving it to Cryptologic. There is only one place for this whole bunch of crooks, jail.
Read the court extracts here ……………….
Below are extracts from the court records, 100% original, not edited.
Paragraphs 1, 57 and 58 refer to information, which is rather old, and could not itself form the basis for probable cause to issue a search warrant. However, the paragraphs tend to establish the background of the criminal syndicate or conspiracy on a continuing basis from 1969 through 1977. When coupled with the more recent information, they support a warrant to search for evidence of organized crime or conspiracies to traffic in cocaine and heroin.
Much of the information contained in the affidavit is gleaned from reviewing reports and records of other law enforcement agencies, as well as the verbal exchanges with these other departments. We find that affiants may rely on the information supplied from the records of other law enforcement agencies to establish a basis for probable cause to issue a warrant. United States v. Ventresca, 380 U.S. 102, 111 (1965); United States v. Dudek, 560 F. 2d 1288, 1292 (6th Cir., 1977); State v. Kiraly, 56 Ohio App. 2d 37, 45-46 (1977); State v. Fischer, 52 [*16] Ohio App. 2d 53, 54 (1977); State v. Stukey, 40 Ohio App. 2d 512, 516-517 (1973); State v. Boyd, 35 Ohio App. 2d 147, 152-153 (1972).
Excluding sub-paragraphs 27(D) and 27(F), we find sufficient reliable information from reliable informants, coupled with the investigation and surveillance of phone toll records, various defendants and their vehicles, and reports from other law enforcement agencies, to establish probable cause.
JOINT ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR TWO
"I. Revised Code § 2923.04, the statute under which the defendant has been convicted in this case, is unconstitutional. (Case 8883).
"II. The defendant suffered a prejudicial spill-over effect from the fact that, at his trial for the various substantive drug offenses for which he was convicted, he was also tried for organized crime - a charge predicated on an unconstitutional statute (i.e. R.C. of Ohio, § 2923.04). (Case 8883).
"2. Engaging in Organized Crime (2923.04), is unconstitutional and the conviction of the defendant-appellant must be reversed. (Case 8890).
"4. The trial court erred in not granting a judgment of acquittal as to count one. (Case 8950).
The defendants attack the entire organized [*17] crime statute on the grounds that it is facially vague and overbroad and does not expressly require guilty knowledge on the part of the accused, all of which they claim violates the due process clause of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution.
In error, defeendants argue that:
(1) The language employed is too loose or vague, i.e., "facilitate," "activities," "manage, supervise or direct," "any level of responsibility," "continuing basis," provide material aid," "gain," "participate in organizing," "criminal syndicate."
(2) The statute elevates misdemeanors to felonies regardless of their magnitude (i.e. public gaming, coercion, second degree misdemeanors to illegal trafficking in drugs, a first degree felony).
(3) The statute does not provide that activities of the syndicate be unlawful (i.e. can promote an otherwise lawful activity which facilitates the syndicate).
(4) The scienter element is not limited to the commission of illegal activities.
(5) The statute punishes a person who is engaged in lawful aspects of the organization without knowledge of illegal activity.
(6) There is no ascertainable standard of guilt since conduct can be legal or illegal [*18] depending whether it facilitates the syndicate.
(7) What is the rational basis for the number five?
(8) What is the definition of the word, "aid?"
(9) What is the limit of the phrase "continuing basis?" (Is it established operation or people who participate in a weekly football pool?)
"(10) Legality could be determined upon factors which the person may or may not be aware of at the time of the conduct.
"(11) The term "Criminal Syndicate" is not defined with specificity so that a man of ordinary intelligence is on notice of its meaning.
(12) What is the meaning of the phrase "Furnish legal accounting or other managerial services?"
R.C. 2923.04 provides:
"Engaging in organized crime.
"(A) No person, with purpose to establish or maintain a criminal syndicate or to facilitate any of its activities, shall do any of the following:
"(1) Organize or participate in organizing a criminal syndicate or any of its activities;
"(2) Provide material aid to a criminal syndicate or any of its activities, whether such aid is in the form of money or other property, or credit;
"(3) Manage, supervise, or direct any of the activities of a criminal [*19] syndicate, at any level of responsibility;
"(4) Furnish legal, accounting or other managerial services to a criminal syndicate;
"(5) Commit, or conspire or attempt to commit, or act as an accomplice in the commission of, any offense of a type in which a criminal syndicate engages on a continuing basis;
"(6) Commit, or conspire or attempt to commit, or act as an accomplice in the commission of, any offense of violence.
"(7) Commit, or conspire or attempt to commit, or act as an accomplice in the commission of bribery in violation of section 2921.02 of the Revised Code.
"(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of engaging in organized crime, a felony of the first degree.
"(C) As used in this section, 'criminal syndicate' means five or more persons collaborating to promote or engage in any of the following on a continuing basis:
"(1) Extortion or coercion in violation of section 2905.11 or 2905.12 of the Revised Code;
"(2) Compelling or promoting prostitution, or procuring, in violation of section 2907.21, 2907.22, or 2907.23 of the Revised Code;
"(3) Any theft offense as defined in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code;
"(4) Any gambling [*20] offense as defined in section 2915.01 of the Revised Code;
"(5) Illegal trafficking in drugs of abuse, in intoxicating or spirituous liquor, or in deadly weapons or dangerous ordnance as defined in section 2923.11 of the Revised Code;
"(6) Lending at usurious interest, and enforcing repayment by illegal means;
"(7) Any offense, for the purpose of gain.
"(D) A criminal syndicate retains its character as such even though one or more of its members does not know the identity of one or more other members, and even though its membership changes from time to time."
Stay tuned for the next update when we will publish more on the Scott heroin connection and the criminal syndicate. This is the man who financed Cryptologic and acts as their front man for Intercasino
