Former New York Mafia made member John Pennisi speaks to Insider about all the ways the mob make their money. John Pennisi was born and raised in an Italian New York neighborhood where the mob had huge influence. He became a made member of the Lucchese crime family in 2013. Pennisi says he decided to leave the mob in 2018 after members of his crew falsely accused him of cooperating with law enforcement. Since leaving the mob, Pennisi has been writing blogs on sitdownnews.com and producing a podcast covering topics of organized crime on https://www.youtube.com/c/Sitdownnews. 00:00 - Intro 00:09 - Range Rover Scam 00:53 - Legitimate Businesses 01:39 - Food Industry 02:46 - Hollywood 03:02 - Sanitation Industry 03:30 - Money Laundering 04:03 - Insider Trading 04:22 - Counterfeiting 04:49 - Cryptocurrency 05:16 - Loan sharking 05:39 - Gambling 06:27 - Online Gambling 06:55 - Gun Trafficking 07:25 - Drug Dealing 07:40 - Prostitution 07:55 - Sex Calls Hotlines 08:11 - Extortion 08:59 - Construction Industry 09:38 - Fiber Optics 10:10 - Outro MORE INSIDER VIDEOS: How The New York Mafia Actually Works | How Crime Works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGLoylT4hzQ How Drug Gangs Actually Work | How Crime Works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_TV4GuXFoA How Art Forgery Actually Works | How Crime Works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54O-fxQd-P8 ------------------------------------------------------ #Mafia #HowCrimeWorks #Insider Insider is great journalism about what passionate people actually want to know. That’s everything from news to food, celebrity to science, politics to sports and all the rest. It’s smart. It’s fearless. It’s fun. We push the boundaries of digital storytelling. Our mission is to inform and inspire. Subscribe to our channel and visit us at: https://www.insider.com Insider on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/insider/ Insider on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insider/ Insider on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisisinsider Insider on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/discover/Insider/4020934530 Movies Insider on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/discover/Movies_Insider/9616609930 Insider on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@insider All 19 Ways The New York Mafia Makes Money | How Crime Works
