Jukebox Empire: The Mob and the Dark Side of the American Dream Rabinovitch David
Jukebox Empire: The Mob and the Dark Side of the American Dream Rabinovitch David Jukebox Empire follows the many twists and turns in one man's pursuit of the American dream, from a self-taught…
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Jukebox Empire: The Mob and the Dark Side of the American Dream Rabinovitch David
Jukebox Empire follows the many twists and turns in one man's pursuit of the American dream, from a self-taught electronics genius to money launderer for the mob. Anyone can afford a nickel for a song and every week the jukeboxes generate millions of dollars in cash, untaxed income, that needed to be laundered.. This book exposes how the jukebox industry became the vertically integrated business model for organized crime at a time when there was a jukebox in every restaurant, diner, bar, barracks, arcade, and canteen throughout the country.
Rabinovitch reveals the details of the mob's international money-laundering scheme to finance running guns to Cuba. Beneath this wholesome veneer lies a seamy underworld of juke joints, operators' routes, smoke-filled showrooms, and violence. The investigation pieces together an epic puzzle that begins in Chicago with the invention of a jukebox and