Word: dealers
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...supposed scruples, however, De Lorean was building a reputation for questionable business dealings. A scheme to promote miniature race cars failed, under a cloud, in the mid-1970s. An accomplice in several controversial ventures has been Roy Sigurd Nesseth, a former used-car dealer about De Lorean's age. Los Angeles Socialite Hazel Dean, sixtyish, has claimed in court that Nesseth, acting in concert with De Lorean, defrauded her of several million dollars in the 1970s after she hired Nesseth to manage her affairs. De Lorean and Nesseth in 1976 took over a failing Wichita, Kans., Cadillac dealership. After reneging...
Charles De Lorean, 56, an Ohio Cadillac dealer who invested $100,000 in his older brother's company, believes that John was "set up" for the drug bust. "It's totally against his ethical and moral character," says Charles. But even more, it seems, the younger De Lorean thinks John is too canny to blunder so badly. "He's not dumb enough to put himself into a situation like that...
...like lawyers and doctors, are dealing drugs. A kilo (2.2 lbs.) of uncut, nearly pure cocaine fresh from South America sells for about $60,000 wholesale in Los Angeles. An amount as large as De Lorean's alleged shipment would normally be purchased by a well-established drug dealer on behalf of a consortium of investors. From that initial buy, the coke can change hands several times, with the drug "cut" or adulterated each time until it is about 20% pure. On a Los Angeles street corner, a gram of coke sells for about $120. One gram can then...
Even in El Paso, a rough Texas border town with a history of renegades and easy money, the Chagra family stood out. Lee, the eldest, was a flamboyant lawyer with a taste for cocaine who specialized in defending drug dealers. He carried thousands of dollars in his cowboy boots and handed out gold bracelets engraved with his motto, FREEDOM. When he bought a limousine equipped with a bar and television, he also ordered a special nook for the gun he always carried. In December 1978, the night after he picked up the car from the dealer, he was shot...
...Cleveland Indians have offered Billy Martin a three-year contract worth at least $1 million that would allow the feisty skipper to keep his status as baseball's highest-paid manager. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported in today's editions...