Word: scolnick
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Karafin, Philadelphia Writers Gaeton Fonzi and Greg Walter began by investigating a racket involving fly-by-night companies that bought retail items on credit, unloaded them fast at discount prices, and then went into bankruptcy. The trail led to the doorstep of a 600-lb. operator named Sylvan Scolnick. Arrested, prosecuted and convicted, Scolnick started singing. Karafin, said Scolnick, was a good friend, so good, in fact, that he vouched for Scolnick's moral character and signed his application for a gun permit. Not only that, he also served as president of a company set up to keep track...
...shoddy, got done and the fast-buck men sold the credit agreement at a discount to a broker, commercial finance firm or a bank. If too many angry and defrauded homeowners threatened, the company simply folded. It was a business particularly vulnerable to bad publicity, and Karafin and Scolnick said so to one of its practitioners, Joe Py. Public Relations Man Karafin, they said, could help Py. He had a lot of friends and could provide valuable advice, especially since the Pennsylvania State Banking Department and the Philadelphia district attorney's office were looking into the business. They asked...
...appeared in the Inquirer under an eight-column headline, warning Philadelphians that house-repair frauds were spreading. "High pressure salesmen" were preying on "unwary home owners." A spokesman for the Better Business Bureau was quoted as saying that "the only way to stop this racket is to expose it." Scolnick and Karafin again dropped around to see Py, found him convinced. Py wrote two checks, one for $3,000 and another for $2,000. Thereafter, Karafin stopped by Py's office every Monday morning for a regular retainer check. Over the next four years, Py paid Karafin close...
...SCOLNICK...
Ohiri ended the scoring in the first half with an unforgettable shot. From behind the outer circle at least 25 yards from the goal, Ohiri blasted a scorching kick which no one on the field, least of all Scolnick, could get anywhere near...