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Birdwatcher Finds a Bag of Cash: The Dellard Numbers Racket
Birdwatcher Finds a Bag of Cash: The Dellard Numbers Racket
A retired birdwatcher found a sealed bag taped beneath a fire escape containing $4,800, a red notebook, and a brass key - and that single photograph and non-emergency call unraveled a nine-year protection and numbers racket that skimmed thousands from small businesses. How did forty-two businesses pay into a daily numbers lottery and monthly "service fees" for nearly a decade without a single report, and what finally made someone look up?
In this episode, we detail how the operation ran inside a mid-sized river city, how it used…
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