Maryland Lottery used to launder drug money, federal authorities say

Comment #16

dallascowboyfan — Sun, 01 May 2011 16:21:44 GMT

Wow!!!! this is just like the Wire .....the shooting of innocent people, especially toddlers is reprehensible

Comment #15

dphillips — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:49:25 GMT

All I can say is, bad, bad, bad people

Comment #14

imagine — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:31:23 GMT

Baltimore was just named the us capitol for herion. I am quite sure this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Comment #13

jarasan — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:41:02 GMT

The lottery angle is one of the minor story lines of this soon to be movie To Live and Die in Baltimore .

The buying of winning lottery tickets to redeem/cash so the REAL winner (illegal immigrant, tax evader, under the radar, welfare recipients etc.) don't got to report SS#, has been going on for a long time. The underground economy in the USA is huge, I dare say......... it probably approaches 25% of the reported economy.

The main story line of this epic saga, is the heroin dealing murd... [ More ]

Comment #12

rdgrnr — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 03:46:54 GMT

Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD) started out good but is getting political as of late and their politics are unfortunately left of center for the most part. They should stick to their original issue and thereby maintain popular support. Lefties always have a hard time minding their own business though and refraining from telling other people what to do.

Your point is well taken though, GG.

My only objection is to the assumption that all the dopeheads will immediately hop in their cars

Comment #11

TheGameGrl — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 03:25:23 GMT

*edited in response to RDG's post earlier*

ANd Mothers Against Drunk drivers would be banging on your doorstep, they have done much good to keep certain drugs from being legalized and I for one am A-OK with folks keeping their little sense they have when driving . I Dont need a doped up (legally???) driver slammin into my car when I have grandkids in it or otherwise. No offense but that logic of making it legal carries much weight for the actions that would come from such mental distortive th... [ More ]

Comment #10

Littleoldlady — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 01:34:21 GMT

I strongly believe that if a person, company, corporation or whomever makes the most of their money inside the borders of this country whether through sales of their products or services, they should have to pay their fair share. It has nothing at all to do with politics.

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sully16 — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:19:11 GMT

A pregnant woman and a 2 year old were shot! Sad very sad. I hope they never see they outside of a prison again, greedy, thoughtless , pieces of garbage, Human trash.

Comment #8

Coin Toss — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 23:33:37 GMT

Bookies and drug dealers are actually supposed to register and get a tax stamp.

I'm not kidding.

When bookies do get caught (usually when a neewly elected zealot goes on an anti-crime binge to show everyone he mean business) it's because of said politicians and/or not having greased the proper palms , or not having grased them enough.

But when they do get caught, not having the tax stamp is added to the charges.

Same type of thinking as the supposed dry counties in the South. All tht... [ More ]

Comment #7

rdgrnr — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:38:36 GMT

Thanks HaveABall,

But I don't think legal drug use would lead to widespread mass intoxication anymore than legal alcohol use does (myself excluded).

And the bottom line is nothing is gonna keep dopeheads from doing dope anyway. That has been proven over and over and over and at great expense.

Comment #6

HaveABall — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:10:15 GMT

You're probably right, rdgrnr, as the U.S.A. tax payers have spent millions of dollars for several decades through hiring people and spending miscellaneous monies to prevent drug sales within our country.

Yet, if our country did allow easy drug sales within each community of the U.S.A., it would probably require that anyone who is a guardian or a parent inform their children that although it is legal to buy and consume drugs in our country, that they would prefer that the child NOT consume d... [ More ]

Comment #5

rdgrnr — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:13:02 GMT

Just another example of why I think the government should legalize dope. Dopeheads are gonna be dopeheads whether it's legal or not, so legalize it, regulate it and tax it. Create a revenue source from it instead of a rat hole to pour our tax dollars down trying to defeat it.

Cuz it ain't never gonna happen.

We would also free up half our prison space, end the ridiculous War On Drugs here (which ain't workin') and end the slaughter taking place in Mexico over drugs.

Comment #4

dpoly1 — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:38:40 GMT

It is a fact that when taxes were lowered in the 1920's that millionaires suddenly appeared and tax revenues went up!

But a certain political party doesn't want you to know the facts, they want you to believe that the 1937 tax increase on the wealthy saved us in spite of the fact that tax revenues went down and unemployment went up in 1938! They want you to believe myths!

So, you want people to quit hiding money, lower taxes

Comment #3

Littleoldlady — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:31:37 GMT

I wonder do they go after others who hide assets and income from the government with the same level of zeal. Probably not, they wear suits.

Comment #2

time*treat — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:20:38 GMT

hide income in the millions of dollars from the illegal sale of heroin in Baltimore City from the Internal Revenue Service, thus preventing the IRS from properly assessing taxes due and owing the United States, the indictment states.

Just gonna let that one stew a while.

Comment #1

dpoly1 — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:10:24 GMT

So, who would have thought that the Government was full of CHUMPS!?

Government at Work

Maryland Lottery used to launder drug money, federal authorities say

Lottery Post — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:36:12 GMT

Federal prosecutors have accused a man they say is one of Baltimore's most notorious drug dealers of laundering the profits of his heroin-selling operation through the Maryland State Lottery, Las Vegas casinos and a local used-car dealership.

The allegations against Steven Blackwell, laid out in a revised indictment Wednesday, are the most detailed glimpse yet into Blackwell's dealings, which police believe led to a spate of deadly violence in the city throughout 2008 and 2009.

Blackwell i... [ More ]