Mafia Tech Support

Mzilikazi writes "A story from Wired about performing tech support for the mob, mainly focusing on gambling. Some interesting information is presented about P2P applications. Frankly it sounds like fiction to me (you can already imagine the movie being made -- 'I Was a Hacker for The Mob'), but the story is interesting nonetheless and shows that if you're skilled and determined but have a flexible moral compass, there's a lot of job opportunities out there." I started reading it for the mob references, but kept on reading for the details of how to run an illegal gambling organization.

Comments

Re:Simson Garfinkel is a real author

[Neo-Rio-101]

Gee that's a pretty impressive resume

Re:Ouch Codefella!

[Pakaran2]

Well the whole advantage of going with the mob (or doing other illegal jobs, like selling weed) is that there are no taxes. You sell the weed for cash, you use the cash to buy groceries etc, and I'm guessing you somehow get enough money in non-cash form to pay rent and bills.

My bullshit detector is going .....

[Culture]

BEEP BEEP BEEP. Ok, so this guy works for an illegal betting operation that could land him in jail in order to avoid paying taxes, but even after taxes he would make more money in the private sector (50k vs 150K = 75k after all taxes) and not having to worry about bending over to pickup the soap. Yeah, i am sure that is really happening. However, it make a good story.