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The Life Insurance Fraud of the Great Depression

There's always life insurance. If one of them has a sick relative, they can take out a policy on them and just wait for the cash to roll in. This isn't even a particularly novel idea. Committing some form of life insurance fraud is actually a fairly common crime during the great depression. The three men shake on it. They'll get the bartender, red murphy, to pose as malloy's next of kin and sign the papers. milloy will ply him with as much free alcohol as he can handle to accelerate the process. Pasqua will make the calls and set up the meetings with the insurance companies.

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