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               on those machines.  In the beginning, Flannery obtained                
               30 tickets a day using this method, and one cashier,                   
               enlisted by Gricco, used the replacement tickets to                    
               steal cash.  Gricco scheduled either McCardell or David                
               Million, another supervisor, to oversee the tollbooth                  
               plaza at which this cashier worked.  Gradually, more                   
               corrupt cashiers were enlisted, and eventually Flannery                
               began printing counterfeit tickets.                                    
                    Gricco, McCardell, Million, and Flannery expanded their           
               scheme over the next four years.  At first, Gricco enlisted            
               cashiers who had engaged in a similar but smaller scheme in            
               1988.  Eventually Gricco recruited about 15 other cashiers             
               to participate.  Flannery delivered the counterfeit tickets            
               that he manufactured to Gricco, McCardell, or McCardell’s              
               wife.   McCardell then distributed the replacement tickets             
               to the corrupt cashiers, and at the end of their shifts,               
               McCardell picked up the stolen money and forwarded it to               
               Gricco, who distributed the money among the participants.              
               The cashiers received a portion of the proceeds stolen                 
               during their shifts, and the rest was divided into four                
               equal shares for Gricco, McCardell, Million, and Flannery.             
                    The leading participants in the scheme did not                    
               report their unlawful income on their federal income                   
               tax returns.  Gricco kept his money in a safe, loaned                  
               cash to others and received repayments in the form of                  
               checks or money orders, gave cash to family members,                   
               and placed real estate under his family members’ names.                
               Through a real estate broker named Ludwig Cappozi,                     
               Gricco purchased several properties for cash.  Capozzi                 
               also engaged in real estate transactions with                          
               McCardell’s wife, who used cash to purchase properties                 
               under both her own and McCardell’s name.                               
                    The cashiers involved in the scheme also failed to                
               report their unlawful income on their income tax                       
               returns.  They did not deposit their embezzled funds                   
               into banks for fear of being detected by the Internal                  
               Revenue Service.  Gricco cautioned some cashiers not to                
               put their money in banks, and he advised Flannery and                  
               Million to invest in real estate through Capozzi.                      
                    The scheme ended in September 1994, when the                      
               Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office executed search                
               warrants at the airport.  In July 1996, the                            
               Commonwealth of Pennsylvania brought state charges of                  
               theft, forgery, and unlawful use of a computer against                 






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