‘American Gangster’ Frank Lucas Facing Jail Time For Stealing !7G From The Feds
The ending of “American Gangster,” the movie about a Harlem heroin kingpin starring Denzel Washington, might need a rewrite.
Frank Lucas, who once ran a billion-dollar business smuggling heroin before going straight, could go to jail for bilking the U.S. government out of $17,300.
Now 81 and ailing, Lucas was charged with theft by deception after he allegedly told the U.S. Treasury he lost a Social Security check with funds earmarked for his 15-year-old son and asked for a duplicate, prosecutors said.
Then he cashed both checks in Newark, they said.
Lucas has denied doing anything wrong and is reportedly been trying to work out a deal to keep out of the can, The Star-Ledger of Newark reported.
via ‘American Gangster’ Frank Lucas faces jail for allegedly bilking feds of 17G – NY Daily News.
After all the destruction caused by this man, he walked after he turned in his co-conspirators and served some jail time. I don’t feel much pity for a man who should spend some of the rest of his life atoning for the massive damage he caused. His feeling was that it wasn’t his fault if anyone died using his product. What?!?