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Car (purchased in 1986 with a $10,026 cash downpayment), payments
on a new 1989 Chevrolet Suburban (purchased in 1990 with a $3,500
cash downpayment), payments on an American Express credit card
and on a bank line of credit, home furnishings, and various other
personal items.
Petitioners’ cash expenditures during the subject years
included the following aggregate amounts:
Credit
Card
and Line
of Credit
Year Real Property Automobiles Payments
1987 $3,547 $4,274 $3,716
1988 4,037 5,478 5,003
1989 3,537 11,823 5,609
1990 13,080 19,151 10,696
Petitioners’ Criminal Activities
Lesely was involved in a type of illegal numbers operation
sometimes referred to as a “ham-and-eggs lottery.” In such an
operation, an individual creates and sells lottery tickets,
promising to pay off the purchaser at the odds played if the
number on the ticket matches the winning number in a
predesignated official (legal) State lottery. In his testimony,
Lesely summarized the operation as follows: “People play the
number every day and get the number every night. If they hit,
they get paid.”
Lesely participated in illegal numbers operations beginning
about 1985. Primarily, he worked for himself in this activity,
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