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What is the Sabenadica Club? 

How old were the guys that were labeled as the Young Italians and how bad did the FBI want to get them? Who was Ferrell Travis Riley and how much did Cheryl (Coon) Riley benefit him? They ran scams all over the globe that estimated gross receipts of $28 million! 

Hear about how two guys tried to swindle Travis into a double deal in which they end up getting charged with 19 counts of wire fraud and one becoming an informant. 

How big a player was Travis’s son, Joe Riley? Were the FBI after him because of his actions, his father, or both? Michael Albanese was part of the Young Italians, but how did he and Joe work together. The Young Italians were part of a drug ring that was linked to the KC Mob and the Cali Cartel in Columbia and Frank explains how big this was. 

Joe Bartels, the next-door neighbor to Joe Riley, was a paid informant. Learn about Bartels involvement and if he was placed by the FBI. 

The people Joe Riley hung around including an old time KC mobster at the Italian Gardens. A reverse sting set up the FBI at a Motel 6 to sell cocaine that ends up with FBI shooting and killing someone who shot another guy who survived and the guy sitting outside in the car being charged with felony murder! 

This leads us to Oscar Goodman and his involvement in this case and how he possibly saved Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal’s life. 

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