Francesco Carbone, casino mogul in $112M lawsuit, heard plotting murder on secret tape
Source: CBC News
Francesco Carbone, casino mogul in $112M lawsuit, heard plotting murder on secret tape
Charges dropped when con man who made recording flees | WARNING: STORY CONTAINS EXPLICIT LANGUAGE
By Zach Dubinsky, CBC News Posted: Jan 24, 2015 5:00 AM ET| Last Updated: Jan 24, 2015 5:00 AM ET
A Canadian businessman at the helm of a chain of Caribbean casinos appears to plot the death of his own company's president in a secret audio recording obtained by CBC News and the Globe and Mail as part of a year-long investigation.
The man in the recording is said to be Francesco Carbone of Vaughan, Ont., and can be heard discussing the killing. He seems to suggest doing it outside of the Dominican Republic because news of the homicide would appear "in every f—ing paper" there.
"Can we whack him in the Dominican?" a convicted con man known as Sasha Visser, who made the recording, asks in the audio.
"No," Carbone replies.
"We can't kill him in the Dominican?" Visser repeats.
"Kidding me, bro?" Carbone says. "Here it's a regular f—ing builder, big f—ing deal. Over there, it's the president of Dream Corporation."
The recording was allegedly made at a bakery on Rutherford Road in Vaughan in May 2013 — just as a bitter underworld spat was erupting over the Dream Group, a chain of casinos, sports betting parlours and lottery kiosks in the Dominican Republic, which is majority owned by Carbone, 47, and his brother, Antonio Carbone, 39.
Their business partner, and the target of the alleged murder plot, was company president Andrew Pajak.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/francesco-carbone-casino-mogul-in-112m-lawsuit-heard-plotting-murder-on-secret-tape-1.2929702
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