Casey Szaflarski allegedly runs a multimillion-dollar video poker business for the Chicago mob.You'll want to read the whole article.
But he's the first to tell you he has a fuzzy memory.
When lawyers in a civil case tried to figure out how much he was worth, he forgot to bring any financial documents -- even though he had been ordered to do so.
"An oversight," Szaflarski said.
He also told lawyers he doesn't own the Bridgeport home he lives in -- and isn't sure who does. He transferred his interest in the home to a trust, but wasn't sure how or when.
And although federal court records suggest he's the new king of mob-controlled video poker in the Chicago area, he says he doesn't know how much he owns of Amusements Inc., a Berwyn company that distributes video gambling machines.
"Yeah, I have a bad memory," Szaflarski, 52, said at the time.
Saturday, February 06, 2010
Feds Have Chicago Mob Video Poker King in the Spotlight
Here's tomorrow's front page story in the Chicago Sun-Times reports: