Another Guilty Plea in Mob Tax Scandal

Date: March 21, 2007

Source: News Room

The ongoing prosecution of Automated Waste Disposal, Inc. and Mob influence of the waste business in Connecticut and New York has netted another guilty plea. Richard Caccavale, 48, of Stormville, N.Y., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in New Haven to one count of conspiring to violate the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. He admitted that he and others conspired to perpetuate a so-called "property rights system" in which carters agreed not to compete for customers in order to artificially inflate their prices. He faces 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 when sentenced on June 8.

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