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corporation partially owned by Len Dublin (Dublin), a longtime
friend of the Kramer family, built the marina, which eventually
opened in October 1985.
Petitioner participated in the money laundering schemes
because of a mixture of paternal loyalty, greed, and a desire for
an enhanced appearance of personal stature. Ben dominated
petitioner and exercised a powerful influence over petitioner in
his criminal activities. Ben continued to exercise that
influence over petitioner throughout the mid-1980's.
Ben's promise to petitioner of a large "salary", $360,000
per year, also helped entice petitioner to participate in these
schemes. The card club investment also provided petitioner with
the opportunity, at least in his own mind, to move to California
to oversee the Kramer interests and act as Ben's personal
representative.11
When British police arrested Murphy in Tortola, BVI, in
April 1986, the empire that petitioner had helped Ben build with
laundered proceeds of his drug smuggling activities began to come
apart. At about the same time, Ben's erstwhile partner, Sam
11Petitioner prepared to relocate to California to such a
degree that Michael Gilbert even leased a house for him. About
this time, in April 1984, petitioner broke his ankle in a boating
accident aboard one of Ben's new offshore power boats. The
severity of his injury effectively postponed petitioner's further
preparations to move to California for several months. Whether
the injury itself genuinely caused the change in petitioner's
eventual plans or merely served as a convenient excuse to keep
him out of California and away from the card club is unclear from
the record.
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