Jury Gets Underworld Primer On Bookmaking And Loansharking
Taking bets and chasing debts.
That was the business of bookmaking outlined Tuesday in a series of secretly recorded FBI recordings played for the jury in the racketeering trial of mob boss Joseph "Uncle Joe" Ligambi and six co-defendants.
With the trial now in a week-long Thanksgiving holiday hiatus, jurors will get to ponder terms like "in the red" and…