The Russians and Mofia Are Colluding In Springfield MA

Update Oct 25

Oh, so now it comes out the IRS agents posed as Russian buyers. Government officials today have to be very careful with communications surrounding anything Russia. 

After thinking about this, why did our government chose the Russians as the protagonist in this Springfield drama. Where did the feds get the Russian angle other than the Iranians or Rich Mexicans? Or Saudis or Qatar. Something current Russia is propelling the feds and I think our feds are actually sending a message to the Russians plants. Things are not what they seem. Are they trying to get the Russian plants to panic and make a mistake?

WTF: is related to Guiliani's Russians? 

(CNN)Federal prosecutors in New York have subpoenaed the brother of one of the recently indicted associates of Rudy Giuliani, according to two people familiar with the matter, as they escalate their investigation in the campaign-finance case.

The subpoena to Steven Fruman is the latest indication of prosecutors' actions since the rushed arrest two weeks ago of his brother, Igor Fruman, and another defendant, Lev Parnas, at a Washington-area airport. Since then, investigators have doled out multiple subpoenas and conducted several property searches, in one case blowing the door off a safe to access the contents, sources tell CNN. 

...I bet you this began as a national security operation. The Russian are going to wash their money in the bars and properties of the mafia in order to fund future disruption of our political system.

The Russians and Mofia Are colluding In Springfield MA

When a government witness becomes a target: Law enforcement raids Jimmy Santaniello’s Springfield strip club and Longmeadow home
Updated Oct 23, 2019; Posted Oct 23, 2019

Federal agents raid Mardi Gras strip club, Adolfo's Ristorante in Springfield

By Stephanie Barry | sbarry@repub.com

SPRINGFIELD — For the first time, federal agents and state police conducted very public raids on the Mardi Gras strip club Wednesday morning, despite the bar and its owner being the subject of intense law enforcement scrutiny for more than two decades.

The lead agency was the IRS Criminal Investigation Division, indicating the alleged basis for the search warrant, granted by a federal magistrate judge, is financial wrongdoing.

While Mardi Gras owner James Santaniello has not been prosecuted for organized crime offenses for decades, he has been mob-adjacent for equally as long.

As he amassed an impressive portfolio of Greater Springfield strip joints, restaurants, poker machine outfits and real estate holdings, Santaniello, of Longmeadow, could scarcely get out from under organized crime figures who nipped at his heels for kickbacks, or “profit-sharing” partnerships. That’s according to court records reviewed by The Republican over years of research.

The IRS, FBI and the Massachusetts State Police Organized Crime Unit descended on the strip club on Taylor Street as well as Victor Bruno’s Adolfo’s Ristorante on Worthington Street. Agents and troopers also hit Santaniello’s and Bruno’s homes in Longmeadow and Connecticut, respectively.


An official with the IRS Criminal Investigation Division, Kristina O’Connell, declined to talk about the underlying details of the investigation.

Both the Mardi Gras and Adolfo’s have been up for sale.

Multiple sources familiar with the investigations say the common thread between the two raids is purported Russian cash buyers to whom the owners disclosed they had a second set of books. The buyers were undercover IRS agents, sources told The Republican. The investigations are separate, however.

Outside his restaurant on Wednesday morning, Bruno said he would consider shutting Adolfo’s down for good, but said agents were welcome to whatever records they sought...