Fertitta Family’s Organized Crime History Offers Clues to Current Station Casinos Crisis
Chapter One: The Maceos and Fertittas establish rackets and roots in Texas: By: Rich Bergeron [mpinpage] CLICK ON THE THUMBNAILS BELOW TO SEE THE IMAGES AT FULL SIZE Sam and Rosario (Rose) Maceo blossomed from humble Italian-born barbers to booming businessmen overseeing a vast array of organized crime operations from prohibition bootlegging to the […]
FERTITTA-OWNED STATION CASINOS IS SUFFERING FROM DOWN ECONOMY
Life can be brutal in the desert. Station Casinos, which is partially owned by the 90% Zuffa, LLC Owning Fertitta Brothers (Lorenzo and Frank III), is suffering tough economic times as an entity. Before I explain further, it’s important to understand what Station Casinos really is, in their own words: “Station Casinos, Inc. is the […]
LEAVING LAS VEGAS
[mpinpage] THE XYIENCE SAGA CONTINUES By: Rich Bergeron From my window-seat vantage point on my under-booked flight back to Boston from Sunny Vegas last Tuesday morning, I counted 15 towering cranes in the skyline of the famous strip. As the economy sours, so too do the big crowds and floods of tourists once willing and […]
THE REAL “DEAL” ON XYIENCE
By: Rich Bergeron [mpinpage] Recently A New York City Magazine that shall remain nameless published an article about the Xyience saga I’ve been reporting on since late 2006. The reporter interviewed me for over an hour as part of her research, but her editor cut out every single quote of mine she put into […]
THE USUAL SUSPECTS PART TWO: CORPORATE CROOKS ON BOTH SIDES OF XYIENCE BANKRUPTCY
From Left to right: Omer Sattar, Kirk Sanford, Adam Frank, Frank Fertitta III, Lorenzo Fertitta By: Rich Bergeron [mpinpage] International Money Laundering, Conspiracy to Commit Fraud, Credit Card Fraud, Bank Fraud, Civil RICO charges, Insider Trading, Securities Fraud, and the list goes on and on. These are just some of the crimes going on […]
XYIENCE OUSTED AS OFFICIAL UFC SUPPLEMENT
Some shifting around of advertising on the UFC mat made room for the Xyience logo once again at a few recent events despite the company’s ongoing bankruptcy. Although their Xenergy drink might still be the official energy drink of the UFC, Xyience’s reign as the UFC’s official supplement sponsor has been cut short by a […]
TRAVIS LUTTER WANTS HIS XYIENCE MONEY!!
By: Rich Bergeron Recently dissed and dismissed UFC Fighter Travis Lutter is reportedly looking for the sponsorship money Xyience stiffed him out of, $36,000 of it to be exact. Apparently he’s e-mailed Dana White about the situation, and CAGEPOTATO.COM wrote a whole report about Lutter’s payment request. Lutter, listed as a creditor in the Xyience […]
THE USUAL SUSPECTS: Global Cash Access Holdings, Kirk Sanford, Kathryn Lever, Karim Maskatiya, Omer Sattar, Fertitta Enterprises All Collude in Xyience Bankruptcy Efforts
From Left to right: Omer Sattar, Kirk Sanford, Adam Frank, Frank Fertitta III, Lorenzo Fertitta BY: Rich Bergeron [mpinpage] Even after a sale of the company’s assets free and clear of liens, new evidence is emerging tying together all the parties that made the ongoing bankruptcy of Xyience possible in a fraudulent scheme reeking […]
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