[New post] A Vor Never Sleeps

Garrett Graff posted: "Garrett M. Graff | Longreads | June 2018 | 20 minutes (5,086 words) Razhden Shulaya maintained a diverse business empire, like a Warren Buffet of crime. By age 40, from his base in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, he had a cigarette smuggling operation, a drug r" New post on Longreads A Vor Never Sleeps by Garrett Graff Garrett M. Graff | Longreads | June 2018 | 20 minutes (5,086 words) Razhden Shulaya maintained a diverse business empire, like a Warren Buffet of crime. By age 40, from his base in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, he had a cigarette smuggling operation, a drug ring, a counterfeit credit card scheme, an extortion racket, an illegal gambling establishment, and teams devoted to hacking slot machines. According to prosecutors who have been building a case against him, Shulaya's associates provided gun-running, kidnap-for-hire, and the fencing of stolen jewelry. Plans were in place for what authorities came to call the "romance scam": use an attractive woman to lure a target down to Atlantic City, knock him out with chloroform, and steal his money. They'd take his Rolex, too. Read more of this post Garrett Graff | June 4, 2018 at 8:00 am | Tags: Brooklyn, Crime, russia, vor | Categories: Crime, Current Events, Nonfiction, Story | URL: https://wp.me/p4KhvY-saU Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Longreads. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://longreads.com/2018/06/04/a-vor-never-sleeps/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com