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Wannabe Uzbek mobsters staggering $4.5M ‘Goodfellas’ scheme: Cigarettes. High-end cheese. Copper wires.
A group of Uzbek individuals, posing as mobsters, were arrested for stealing $4.5 million worth of cigarettes, high-end cheese, and copper wires from Northeast warehouses in a scheme resembling the film 'Goodfellas.'
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