EPISODE · Sep 7, 2026 · 18 MIN
Boiler Room Bosses: How the Mafia Pumped Stocks on Wall Street
from A History of the American Mafia Podcast: Organized Crime, Mob Families, Bosses, Gangsters, Prohibition, Criminal Trials, and the Rise of La Cosa Nostra · host Podily & Josh Linsk
This episode digs into how New York and Brooklyn call centers became front companies for mob-backed stock manipulation schemes, exposing a web of securities fraud that reached into high finance. We trace the brokers’ ties to organized crime families, the role of RICO prosecutions, and the legal fallout that brought an underground operation under federal scrutiny. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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