Irv Gotti charged with drug money laundering, firearm violations
Irv Gotti charged with drug money laundering, firearm violations
Irv “Gotti” Lorenzo, chief of The Inc., his brother Christopher and childhood friend Kenneth ‘Supreme’ McGriff are allegedly charged with the murder of rapper E-Money Bags, D.O. Cannon and a drug courier caught with two kilos of cocaine in North Carolina. It is supposed that the drug courier was gunned down in Maryland two days after the trip. This has lead the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to investigate Gotti’s business for various violations with firearms.
Prosecutors stated that The Inc. failed to report money earned from the sales of concert items and that Gotti paid McGriff hundreds of thousands of dollars in an ‘unreported salary’ for his ‘muscle’ while the label allegedly snagged the cash. After rap boss Irv “Gotti” Lorenzo, real name Irving Lorenzo, and his brother Christopher Lorenzo were charged with drug money-laundering, racketeering and weapons wrongdoing in New York, both Irving and Christopher have pleaded not guilty and deposited USD2m (EUR1.5m) bail to remain free. The Lorenzo brothers face up to 20 years in jail if found guilty of federal charges alleging they were involved in criminal enterprises knocked together and managed by Gotti's close friend Kenneth ‘Supreme’ McGriff, one of New York's most notorious drug dealers, who is already in prison on a minor weapon-related charge.Irv "Gotti" Lorenzo and Christopher Lorenzo surrendered to the FBI on money-laundering charges Wednesday after federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment seeking to confiscate Irv Gotti's real estate and business holdings. Gotti's friend Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff was charged with murder, racketeering and other crimes that prosecutors said were intended to eliminate and intimidate potential witnesses.
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