Recent Murders May Be Linked To Ex-Jet's Condo

Authorities are determining "whether two Bronx immigrants were executed in former Jet linebacker Jonathan Vilma's million-dollar Long Island condo," the Post reports. Last week, two "bullet-ridden bodies" were found in Brooklyn and Queens. The Daily News says, "The killings may have been sparked after a [Bronx] apartment...was robbed by a crew of gun-wielding men who stole a suitcase full of cocaine from [Sekou] Sakor, a Liberian immigrant" (his body was dumped off the Paerdaget Bridge). Another hypothesis, from the AP: The victims may have been involved in "an Internet scam in which people were sold what was purported to be cash smuggled from overseas, stained black to avoid detection, at a discount, only to be given paper." Apparently residents at Eagle Chase heard gunfire last Thursday—and a bullet passed through into a neighbor's apartment. Vilma, who is currently playing for the New Orleans Saints, is not a suspect in the killings, but cops want to ask him about who had access to the residence.

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By Jen Chung in News on March 31, 2009 1:27 PM

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NannyState

I hope these drug-related, execution-style homicides don't get in the way of this weekend's Open House.

Wza

NYC still keeping it gully...

beijaflor

when i was a criminal defense lawyer, a client of mine who was accused of the Nigerian email fraud told me how the "black paper" scam works. the mark is shown a bag of what looks like a lot of money stained with some black substance. the "money" is actually paper cut in the same shape and size as currency. the con shows the mark that the black stain can be removed with a "chemical" by demonstrating with a couple of real bills stained black. the mark is then convinced to buy the chemical and the bag of stained "money" for thousands of dollars only to discover that the "money" isn't money and the "chemical" is nail polish remover or something of that sort. obviously, one would have to incredibly greedy and foolish to be a victim of this fraud, yet apparently as we now know there are lots of those types out there.