#BIFF HALLORAN TRIAL#

Others borrowed heavily against their pensions or raided their kids' college funds, authorities said.īut instead of putting the money into the business, Halloran and Caridi pocketed $1. That Champion Cheesecake Lynn Kellogg can be seen on ABC's award-winning children's show. With visions of reaping as much as 12 times what he invested, one officer put $60,000 into Inorganic Recycling Corp. Hot I Halloran Room service: Brooms and bridegrooms for Biff. Calvin Barbara Carter Ron and Suzanne Challacombe Biff and Linda Charlton. Halloran enlisted Furman, a 20-year veteran who was once assigned to guard him, to help dupe other court officers, their relatives even the law secretary of state Supreme Court Justice Renee White into investing in a Florida recycling firm that he secretly controlled, prosecutors charged. Frequently the Company and the Chagras conducted business at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, which both parties used to launder money through. Along with close associate Edward Biff Halloran, the men raked in millions.

Along with close associate Edward 'Biff' Halloran, the men grossed millions of dollars, enough for Forbes magazine to place both Salerno and DiNapoli on the list of the Top 10 Richest Mobsters in the nation. Halloran, the former owner of the Halloran House Hotel on Lexington Ave., cut a dashing figure in high society before he was linked to the Genovese crime family and convicted of racketeering in 1987. The partnership between the Company and the Chagra brothers was said to have grown out of Bradley Bryant's mob contacts in Las Vegas and Philadelphia (i.e. DiNapoli and Tony Salerno were the key figures representing the Genovese family in the concrete industry. Halloran's estranged wife, Michele Caridi, 37, and veteran court officer Richard Furman, 48, also are accused of taking part in the scam. Combining the assets of the three companies resulted in Mr.

But Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau said the suspect was believed to be alive. Along with Transit Mix, Halloran also purchased Certified Concrete and Big Apple Concrete Corporation.

#BIFF HALLORAN TRIAL#

Halloran, 57, whose empire crumbled after he was accused of fixing concrete prices for the mob, masterminded the scam while he was on trial in 1986 for kiting $9.Ģ billion worth of checks, prosecutors said.Īfter serving six months for the check-kiting, Halloran hasn't been seen since August. In this episode, we discuss the history of one of the most underrated mobsters weve covered so far on this channel: Owney Madden. Former concrete king Edward (Biff) Halloran was accused yesterday of bilking dozens of state court officers and hundreds of other investors out of $2 million.

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