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Every time law enforcement closed in, Mani Chulpayev made them an offer they couldn’t refuse. The longtime mobster of Russian descent discovered early on that…
Every time law enforcement closed in, Mani Chulpayev made them an offer they couldn’t refuse.
Mani Chulpayev, the mastermind behind a luxury car leasing scheme that spanned Atlanta and Miami from 2009 to 2016, has been sentenced to prison and ordered to pay over $4.6 million in restitution.
And took lavish gifts and cash from chulpayev. the fbi says it is now investigating its own agent. brian ross, abc news, new york. >> fascinating story, right? >> very, very delicate relationship between mobsters and the fbi, informants in the fbi. how else do they get their information? then again, that kind of stuff happens. >> love that sound bite. i'm just smarter than you. >> and dumb people don't like it. who's behind bars now, mister? >> wow. still to come, she sings, but she's still jenny from the block, but j.lo has come a long way. >> for her latest venture, she tackles tv mostly f...
Inside the fbi. there are allegations that one of their own agents accepted gifts and cash from a mobster turned informant. >> now that mobster is charged with murder. abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross has the story. >> reporter: he has a long record of ruthless violence as a russian mafia boss in new york, a convicted pimp, extortionist, car thief, and allund thug. but an abc news investigation found that mani chulpayev is not in prison for life, but living a life of luxury and fast cars in florida, thanks to his work as a government witness and fbi informant. he was once des...