How rap video helped police unmask one of the state’s largest alleged money launderers

Detectives began probing the Beveridge investment scheme when Notorious Crime Family founder George Marrogi's little brother, Jesse, appeared in a rap video filmed in the driveway of a palatial Greenvale home. Read how the plans unravelled.

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