Interesting subject.

I am currently finishing reading a book on 80/90's Colombo associate Carmine Imbriale who was heavily involved in the credit card rackets. He explains in details how the whole thing worked and how he operated his racket. He also said that pretty much every mob guy in Brooklyn had access to these cards.


A few stories regarding the use of fake cards :

- Henry Hill said that Paulie Vario would take his wife to dinner and use a fake card to pay even though he had millions. That's just how these mobsters are, they love the hustle and get a thrill out of it. It's not about getting a free meal, it's about hustling your way out of everything.

- Greg Scarpa was arrested with around 90 fake cards and wasn't prosecuted while Carmine Imbriale, an associate of Cramine Sessa, got caught with 3 cards and got a jailed sentence. This largely contributed to raise the rumours about Scarpa being informant.