A Murder, a Wire, a Zurich Hotel Room: How the FBI Took Down the Chippendales Founder
In a hotel room in Zurich, a businessman asked an old associate whether the FBI had ever mentioned "the D," a code word for a murder. The associate was wearing a wire.
Steve Banerjee built Chippendales into a worldwide brand. In 1987, his business partner, producer and choreographer Nick De Noia, was shot and killed in New York. Banerjee was not linked to the crime for years, while federal investigators say he went on to target rival dance troupes with arson and murder plots.
This episode traces the informant who contacted the FBI in Las Vegas, the hitman who agreed to cooperate, the sting in…
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