1 00:00:02,830 --> 00:00:06,710 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, 2 00:00:06,770 --> 00:00:08,580 the police who investigate crime 3 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:11,480 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 4 00:00:11,540 --> 00:00:13,250 These are their stories. 5 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:17,190 I'm telling you, this is a sweet deal. Right. 6 00:00:17,250 --> 00:00:19,750 Well... Well, last week's deal was very sweet too, but this one 7 00:00:19,820 --> 00:00:23,890 we're only offering to a few very special clients, Mrs. Skolnick. 8 00:00:23,950 --> 00:00:24,950 (GUNSHOT) (WOMAN SCREAMING) 9 00:00:25,020 --> 00:00:26,020 Can you hang on a sec? 10 00:00:26,090 --> 00:00:28,030 MAN: Look out! He's got a gun! 11 00:00:29,190 --> 00:00:30,300 What? 12 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:31,930 The price-earnings ratio, okay. 13 00:00:31,990 --> 00:00:33,100 It's a bit high. 14 00:00:33,160 --> 00:00:34,160 (GUNSHOTS) 15 00:00:34,230 --> 00:00:35,670 (PEOPLE SCREAMING) 16 00:00:36,160 --> 00:00:37,870 (PEOPLE SHOUTING) 17 00:00:38,570 --> 00:00:41,480 SPENCER: Oh, my God, Sean! Sean! 18 00:00:41,870 --> 00:00:44,750 What the hell's going... Somebody call an ambulance! 19 00:00:44,810 --> 00:00:46,180 Call 911! 20 00:00:49,910 --> 00:00:52,190 HARDWICK: Shooter came in through the front. 21 00:00:52,250 --> 00:00:53,850 Put a .38 in the receptionist. 22 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:54,950 How's she doing? 23 00:00:55,020 --> 00:00:56,550 Last word, in surgery. 24 00:00:56,620 --> 00:00:57,620 Then what? 25 00:00:57,690 --> 00:00:59,290 Headed this way. 26 00:01:01,590 --> 00:01:03,130 Went straight to this office. 27 00:01:03,190 --> 00:01:05,100 Sean Alvarez. Twenty-four. 28 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:06,430 There were closer offices. 29 00:01:06,500 --> 00:01:08,980 Guy was the target. Then where'd he go? 30 00:01:09,060 --> 00:01:10,130 Out that fire exit. 31 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:12,180 ED: Huh, good plan for a lunatic. 32 00:01:12,230 --> 00:01:15,270 Crazy don't mean stupid. My ex-wife's living proof. 33 00:01:15,340 --> 00:01:16,610 What about Alvarez? 34 00:01:16,670 --> 00:01:19,810 Took two shots to the chest. Still had the strength to go for help. 35 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:21,790 BRISCOE: And who's Mutt and Jeff there? 36 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:24,850 Slick guy's Bruce Valentine. Kid's supervisor. 37 00:01:25,010 --> 00:01:27,550 Other one's Braddock. As in Braddock and Todd. 38 00:01:27,620 --> 00:01:28,820 Thanks. 39 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:32,460 BRISCOE: Detectives Briscoe and Green. 40 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:35,530 Carl Braddock. This is crazy. Just crazy. 41 00:01:35,790 --> 00:01:37,200 What can you tell us about him? 42 00:01:37,260 --> 00:01:38,500 Well, he was one of my brokers. 43 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:40,510 How long had he been here? Year and a half. 44 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:41,560 Any problems? 45 00:01:41,630 --> 00:01:43,440 No, actually he was leaving next month. 46 00:01:43,500 --> 00:01:45,140 Why was that? 47 00:01:45,300 --> 00:01:46,870 Greener pastures, I guess. 48 00:01:46,940 --> 00:01:49,470 It's tough to hold on to these kids these days. 49 00:01:49,540 --> 00:01:52,110 We're gonna need a list of everyone that was on the floor at the time. 50 00:01:52,170 --> 00:01:53,180 Of course. 51 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:55,150 BRISCOE: And we'll need a list of his clients. 52 00:01:55,210 --> 00:01:56,310 For what purpose? 53 00:01:56,380 --> 00:01:58,420 For the purpose of finding out who shot him. 54 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:00,390 Well, I can't let you go on a fishing expedition 55 00:02:00,450 --> 00:02:03,230 through our clients' financial records without a warrant. 56 00:02:03,290 --> 00:02:07,390 Come back with something more specific and I'd be happy to cooperate. 57 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:08,630 Count on it. 58 00:02:08,690 --> 00:02:10,670 BRADDOCK: Would you excuse us now? 59 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:14,500 Kid was leaving in a month. 60 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:16,440 Yeah. Not soon enough. 61 00:03:10,790 --> 00:03:12,270 Who did this? 62 00:03:13,020 --> 00:03:15,760 We were hoping you could help us with that. 63 00:03:15,820 --> 00:03:18,070 Can you think of any reason why someone might have done this to him? 64 00:03:19,060 --> 00:03:20,940 Our son was just starting out in life. 65 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:22,810 What reason could there be? 66 00:03:22,860 --> 00:03:24,710 What about his job? Any problems there? 67 00:03:25,530 --> 00:03:27,910 Sean used to pick stocks from the newspaper. 68 00:03:27,970 --> 00:03:30,540 This job at the brokerage was a dream come true for him. 69 00:03:30,610 --> 00:03:31,910 We heard he was leaving in a month. 70 00:03:33,310 --> 00:03:34,810 He never mentioned anything. 71 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:36,910 So you know nothing about that? 72 00:03:36,980 --> 00:03:38,010 No. 73 00:03:38,110 --> 00:03:40,350 MR. ALVAREZ: Maybe you should talk to Ianna. 74 00:03:40,650 --> 00:03:41,790 Ianna? 75 00:03:41,850 --> 00:03:44,420 Ianna Mercer. She's Sean's fiancée. 76 00:03:44,490 --> 00:03:46,260 They're getting married. 77 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:47,600 I mean... 78 00:03:48,090 --> 00:03:49,430 I'm sorry. 79 00:03:49,590 --> 00:03:51,400 I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 80 00:03:52,860 --> 00:03:54,600 I just talked to Carmichael. 81 00:03:54,660 --> 00:03:56,940 She says no judge will sign a subpoena 82 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:00,040 for the customer list based on what we have so far. 83 00:04:00,100 --> 00:04:01,310 How are they? 84 00:04:01,370 --> 00:04:02,510 Couldn't tell us much. 85 00:04:02,570 --> 00:04:05,070 I wonder why he never told them he was leaving the firm. 86 00:04:05,140 --> 00:04:06,350 Maybe it was a surprise. 87 00:04:06,410 --> 00:04:07,580 Wouldn't you want to tell your parents 88 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:09,420 if you had good news about your job? 89 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:10,790 His parents would never believe him. 90 00:04:10,850 --> 00:04:11,880 Oh! 91 00:04:11,950 --> 00:04:14,760 Well, talk to the fiancée. Maybe she knows. 92 00:04:17,690 --> 00:04:18,820 Everything was going fine. 93 00:04:18,890 --> 00:04:20,870 ED: He didn't seem nervous about work? 94 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:21,960 No. 95 00:04:22,490 --> 00:04:24,400 I mean, I think Sean really liked it. 96 00:04:24,460 --> 00:04:25,530 Then why was he leaving? 97 00:04:25,590 --> 00:04:29,840 I think he just felt like he'd already learned what he needed to know. 98 00:04:30,470 --> 00:04:33,310 Sean said that he had some ideas about the Internet 99 00:04:33,370 --> 00:04:36,370 and that he just wanted to take some time to figure out his next step. 100 00:04:36,470 --> 00:04:37,850 He could afford to do that? 101 00:04:37,910 --> 00:04:40,320 He had said he'd done pretty well working for Mr. Valentine. 102 00:04:42,380 --> 00:04:45,260 This is a difficult question to ask, Ms. Mercer, 103 00:04:45,310 --> 00:04:50,290 but is there any chance there was another boyfriend in the picture? 104 00:04:50,350 --> 00:04:52,090 Maybe a jealous ex? 105 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:55,470 Sean and I were gonna be married this summer. 106 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:57,860 There was no one else. 107 00:04:58,530 --> 00:05:00,060 You understand we have to ask. 108 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:06,710 Look, maybe you should talk to this one guy there. Randy Kush. 109 00:05:06,770 --> 00:05:09,940 He and Sean would grab a drink after work sometimes. 110 00:05:10,340 --> 00:05:13,150 Look, my bosses wouldn't be too happy with me talking to you guys like this. 111 00:05:13,210 --> 00:05:15,750 I mean, it's not exactly the kind of PR they're looking for. 112 00:05:15,810 --> 00:05:19,160 Oh, don't worry, you'll be back at your Rolodex in no time. 113 00:05:19,210 --> 00:05:21,350 Sean worked retail. I'm in munis. 114 00:05:21,420 --> 00:05:22,760 I'm not sure what I'm gonna be able to tell you. 115 00:05:22,820 --> 00:05:25,800 His fiancée said you guys used to grab drinks together. Discuss futures. 116 00:05:25,850 --> 00:05:27,330 Yeah. We just thought it was never too early 117 00:05:27,390 --> 00:05:28,700 to establish alliances, you know? 118 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:30,700 Alliances? Sounds like a pretty ruthless place. 119 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:33,500 Well, there's certain rules when it comes to making money, right? 120 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:35,630 Well, what rules did Sean break? 121 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:39,000 Guy was an animal. Just went after it. 122 00:05:39,700 --> 00:05:41,010 Sean wanted to be a market maker. 123 00:05:41,070 --> 00:05:42,640 Someone like Valentine, you know? 124 00:05:42,700 --> 00:05:45,910 With a network of customers who can create their own market for a stock. 125 00:05:46,740 --> 00:05:49,220 He just kept bringing Valentine coffee until he gave Sean a shot. 126 00:05:49,280 --> 00:05:50,350 A shot at what? 127 00:05:50,410 --> 00:05:52,480 IPO's. That's where the real money's at. 128 00:05:52,550 --> 00:05:53,550 What was Sean working on? 129 00:05:54,750 --> 00:05:55,850 Tell ya, I don't know. 130 00:05:56,690 --> 00:05:58,690 We check your mom and dad's records, 131 00:05:58,790 --> 00:06:01,290 we're gonna find some of these stocks, right, Randy? 132 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:02,490 ED: It's called insider trading. 133 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:03,930 Okay. Okay. 134 00:06:04,230 --> 00:06:07,760 Last thing Sean told me about was a stock called Healthroad2000.com. 135 00:06:07,830 --> 00:06:09,540 Some medical Internet thing. 136 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:11,600 He said Valentine was working a pump and dump. 137 00:06:12,170 --> 00:06:13,540 Pump and dump? 138 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:15,600 Buy it. Hype it. Dump it. 139 00:06:16,070 --> 00:06:17,070 Thanks. 140 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,390 Okay. Healthroad2000.com. 141 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:23,510 Company's a year old. 142 00:06:23,580 --> 00:06:26,220 With a P and E ratio of 1000-to-one. 143 00:06:26,280 --> 00:06:27,520 Clearly, no profits. 144 00:06:27,580 --> 00:06:29,720 Stock still went from $4 to $48 a share 145 00:06:29,890 --> 00:06:31,130 in the first nine days of trading. 146 00:06:31,190 --> 00:06:34,530 We lose money on every sale, but we make it up in volume. 147 00:06:34,590 --> 00:06:36,470 Not necessarily. The stock tanked. 148 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:38,940 They stopped trading at 35 cents a share. 149 00:06:38,990 --> 00:06:41,840 That's gotta make for a pretty disgruntled customer. 150 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:44,670 Call Carmichael. This should be enough 151 00:06:44,730 --> 00:06:47,810 for us to get a subpoena for their client list. 152 00:06:49,170 --> 00:06:50,410 Detectives? 153 00:06:50,470 --> 00:06:52,420 Didn't waste anytime with the Mop and Glo, huh? 154 00:06:52,470 --> 00:06:56,080 Yeah. Well, some of the brokers found the sight of blood a little unsettling. 155 00:06:56,140 --> 00:06:57,650 Figured around here they'd be used to it. 156 00:06:57,710 --> 00:06:59,620 May I see the subpoena? 157 00:07:02,420 --> 00:07:04,160 This is all confidential information. 158 00:07:04,220 --> 00:07:07,830 Yeah, well, you have your insider trading, we have ours. 159 00:07:11,990 --> 00:07:15,940 In the great scheme of things, $30,000 really isn't a lot of money, Detective. 160 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,810 Yeah, I know. That's what I'm gonna have to live on when I retire. 161 00:07:18,870 --> 00:07:20,850 I guess you guys don't get stock options. 162 00:07:20,900 --> 00:07:22,610 So, you weren't angry with Sean Alvarez? 163 00:07:22,670 --> 00:07:24,050 Why should I be angry? 164 00:07:24,110 --> 00:07:26,020 Sean gave me a tip just the month before. 165 00:07:26,070 --> 00:07:27,880 Avery lucrative tip. 166 00:07:27,940 --> 00:07:31,480 No, as far as I could tell, the kid was a real go-getter. 167 00:07:34,420 --> 00:07:36,360 Sean called. Introduced himself. 168 00:07:36,420 --> 00:07:38,920 Said he got my number through his father's country club. 169 00:07:38,990 --> 00:07:39,990 You a member? 170 00:07:40,060 --> 00:07:41,090 Was. 171 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:43,530 Unfortunately, I've suffered some setbacks recently. 172 00:07:43,590 --> 00:07:45,940 Like Healthroad2000? 173 00:07:46,290 --> 00:07:48,100 I was told it was a sure thing. 174 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:50,340 You really need somebody to tell you that investing 175 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:52,400 in an Internet company might be risky? 176 00:07:52,500 --> 00:07:55,970 What I needed was someone to tell me when to get out. Sean didn't. 177 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:57,510 Maybe Sean didn't know. 178 00:07:57,570 --> 00:07:59,520 Money always makes money, Detective. 179 00:07:59,570 --> 00:08:00,920 That's why 1% of the world 180 00:08:00,980 --> 00:08:02,680 controls 99% of its wealth. 181 00:08:02,740 --> 00:08:05,280 ED: You're saying Sean had inside information? 182 00:08:05,350 --> 00:08:07,850 The stock market should never be a guessing game. 183 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:10,460 So why were you left out in the dark? 184 00:08:10,950 --> 00:08:12,800 Maybe I just didn't play on the right team. 185 00:08:13,460 --> 00:08:14,630 What do you mean by that? 186 00:08:14,690 --> 00:08:16,000 From what I've heard since, 187 00:08:16,420 --> 00:08:19,060 Sean lived a certain lifestyle. 188 00:08:19,130 --> 00:08:21,200 What kind of lifestyle are we talking about? 189 00:08:23,500 --> 00:08:24,700 Just say it wasn't co-ed. 190 00:08:24,770 --> 00:08:25,770 (LAUGHS) 191 00:08:29,140 --> 00:08:30,170 I thought he had a fiancée. 192 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:31,380 It wouldn't be the first time. 193 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:33,010 Man's keeping secrets. 194 00:08:33,070 --> 00:08:35,820 Yeah, he's also dropping money on dinners 195 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:37,720 like I do on a new car. 196 00:08:37,780 --> 00:08:40,920 If he was leaving his job, he sure wasn't curtailing his entertainment. 197 00:08:40,980 --> 00:08:42,790 LUDs from his phones? 198 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:49,600 Hmm. Nothing out of the ordinary. 199 00:08:49,890 --> 00:08:53,270 What about this one from his cell phone, Exotic Image? 200 00:08:53,830 --> 00:08:55,470 212 area code. 201 00:08:55,530 --> 00:08:56,940 Looks like he made a bunch of calls there. 202 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:58,200 All about a month ago. 203 00:09:00,500 --> 00:09:02,180 Answering machine. 204 00:09:02,740 --> 00:09:04,550 Photo studio on Gansevoort. 205 00:09:04,610 --> 00:09:08,050 Meatpacking District. Home of the straight and narrow. 206 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:13,220 I'm sorry, but Mr. Jankovic is in Bangkok. 207 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:14,760 A bar mitzvah, no doubt. 208 00:09:14,820 --> 00:09:16,060 When will he be back? 209 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:17,790 A week. Maybe two. 210 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:21,830 Maybe you can help us out. Does the name Sean Alvarez ring a bell? 211 00:09:21,890 --> 00:09:23,270 Not really. Should it? 212 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:25,300 ED: He called a couple times. About a month ago. 213 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:27,360 Well, if he came in, it's easy enough to check. 214 00:09:27,430 --> 00:09:28,810 Thanks. 215 00:09:29,700 --> 00:09:32,510 I guess that's what they call a head shot. 216 00:09:33,100 --> 00:09:36,140 All right. I have a receipt here for an Alvarez. 217 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:38,380 It's for a purchase of a set of negatives. 218 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:39,610 ED: Negatives? 219 00:09:39,670 --> 00:09:41,980 Well, it looks like it's from an old photo shoot, 220 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:44,820 but I couldn't tell you what specifically. 221 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:46,320 Do you recognize this man? 222 00:09:47,020 --> 00:09:48,050 No. 223 00:09:48,180 --> 00:09:50,530 BRISCOE: Maybe there's an address on the receipt? 224 00:09:50,590 --> 00:09:53,000 It's a copy of a credit card slip. 225 00:09:54,660 --> 00:09:58,900 I'm telling you, I don't know anything about any Exotic Image photography studio. 226 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:02,910 Well, your Chase Visa account shows a $1,700 charge. 227 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:05,270 The clerk there says it was for a set of negatives. 228 00:10:05,330 --> 00:10:08,210 Negatives? Negatives of what? 229 00:10:08,270 --> 00:10:11,410 Please. Sean's aunt and uncle are waiting for us. 230 00:10:11,470 --> 00:10:12,920 They've come in from out of town. 231 00:10:12,970 --> 00:10:14,610 Can't we do this another time? 232 00:10:16,210 --> 00:10:17,660 Do you know anything about this? 233 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:21,490 If those photos are evidence, 234 00:10:21,550 --> 00:10:24,460 concealing them could be an obstruction of justice. 235 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:27,290 Nancy. 236 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:30,960 Please, if you know anything. 237 00:10:50,950 --> 00:10:53,050 He didn't want you to know. 238 00:11:12,670 --> 00:11:15,310 Why didn't you ever say anything to me? 239 00:11:15,940 --> 00:11:18,540 He was worried about what you'd think. 240 00:11:19,170 --> 00:11:21,210 It was in college, Martin. 241 00:11:24,010 --> 00:11:25,820 Someone had came around the school 242 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:28,950 offering students money to pose for a calendar. 243 00:11:29,680 --> 00:11:31,320 The Boys of Brown. 244 00:11:31,750 --> 00:11:34,100 It was a foolish thing to do Sean knew that. 245 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:35,260 So why tell you? 246 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:39,330 We were talking about him leaving his job. 247 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:44,340 At first, he tried to tell me it was because he'd found a better one. 248 00:11:45,230 --> 00:11:47,800 But I could see in his face something was wrong. 249 00:11:48,570 --> 00:11:51,980 Finally, he told me. He had gotten this e-mail at work, 250 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:53,880 with one of those pictures attached to it. 251 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:58,750 Apparently, it had been posted on a gay men's website. 252 00:11:59,180 --> 00:12:00,180 Gay? 253 00:12:00,250 --> 00:12:02,850 Sean didn't realize that when he'd signed the release, 254 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:06,760 the photographer could do whatever he wanted with the pictures. 255 00:12:06,850 --> 00:12:08,730 He wasn't gay, Martin. 256 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:11,230 Did Sean ever tell you who sent the e-mail? 257 00:12:11,290 --> 00:12:14,400 No, but I do know they tried to find out. 258 00:12:15,100 --> 00:12:16,130 Who tried? 259 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:17,540 His bosses. 260 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:20,080 Braddock and Todd knew about the e-mail? 261 00:12:20,130 --> 00:12:23,840 Yes. Sean said his manager even teased him about it. 262 00:12:26,140 --> 00:12:27,810 Hey, someone sick enough to send hate mail 263 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:29,620 might be sick enough to take it a step further. 264 00:12:29,680 --> 00:12:32,890 Or maybe we're asking the wrong person about a jealous boyfriend. 265 00:12:32,950 --> 00:12:35,390 Well, that seems like a pretty big coincidence 266 00:12:35,450 --> 00:12:37,430 to have this secret past revealed. 267 00:12:37,490 --> 00:12:39,590 Then a month later, leave a job you love? 268 00:12:39,650 --> 00:12:41,070 Unless you were forced out. 269 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:43,400 And we all know what that means. 270 00:12:43,460 --> 00:12:44,800 A lawsuit. 271 00:12:48,460 --> 00:12:51,910 Okay. Sean Alvarez filed a federal lawsuit 272 00:12:51,970 --> 00:12:54,280 against Braddock and Todd about six weeks ago. 273 00:12:54,540 --> 00:12:56,980 What was the basis for the lawsuit? 274 00:12:57,270 --> 00:12:58,770 Sexual harassment. 275 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:00,840 He alleged a hostile work environment. 276 00:13:00,910 --> 00:13:02,010 Someone was hitting on him? 277 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:04,420 Not necessarily. All he has to do is establish 278 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:06,460 his work environment is upsetting. 279 00:13:06,510 --> 00:13:07,860 BRISCOE: I could do that. 280 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:09,920 Upsetting sexually, Lennie. 281 00:13:10,690 --> 00:13:14,060 What about identifying the person who sent the e-mail? 282 00:13:15,020 --> 00:13:16,470 Wasn't part of the claim. 283 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:19,130 He only sued his employer. Said he was being teased. 284 00:13:19,190 --> 00:13:21,500 A little teasing. Seems pretty thin. 285 00:13:21,560 --> 00:13:23,970 Not to his employer. They settled. 286 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:26,010 BRADDOCK: We signed a non-disclosure agreement. 287 00:13:26,070 --> 00:13:29,050 I'm not at liberty to discuss the terms of the settlement. I'm sorry. 288 00:13:29,100 --> 00:13:32,680 Unless you start giving us some answers, you're not gonna be at liberty at all. 289 00:13:32,740 --> 00:13:34,410 Why didn't you mention the lawsuit before? 290 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:37,480 If you're suggesting money as a motive here, Detective, it wasn't. 291 00:13:37,550 --> 00:13:39,790 The settlement was covered by insurance. 292 00:13:39,850 --> 00:13:43,660 Look, the truth is we were all embarrassed by the e-mail. 293 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:45,320 Did you ever find out who sent it? 294 00:13:45,390 --> 00:13:48,860 I think Bruce Valentine tried. Now if you'll excuse me. 295 00:13:51,530 --> 00:13:53,230 I already had a tech check his system. 296 00:13:53,290 --> 00:13:55,800 Yeah, well, whoever sent it had his e-mail address. 297 00:13:55,860 --> 00:13:57,840 Maybe Sean gave it to him himself. 298 00:13:57,900 --> 00:14:00,350 So we need to check everyone on his outgoing e-mail. 299 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:01,810 Who else knew about this? 300 00:14:01,870 --> 00:14:03,510 This is a business based on rumors. 301 00:14:03,570 --> 00:14:05,570 It's pretty hard to keep something like that quiet. 302 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:07,750 Especially when your boss gives you crap about it. 303 00:14:07,810 --> 00:14:10,810 Yeah, well, like it or not, Wall Street's still an old boys club. 304 00:14:11,050 --> 00:14:13,220 Just not those kind of boys, huh? 305 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:16,330 Trading stocks involves a certain degree of trust. 306 00:14:16,620 --> 00:14:19,100 When I asked, Sean told me it was just a college prank. 307 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:21,220 You saw the picture. 308 00:14:21,290 --> 00:14:23,600 Did it look like a prank to you? 309 00:14:26,490 --> 00:14:29,700 Actually, Mrs. Simms, we're looking for your husband. 310 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:30,800 Mitchel isn't here. 311 00:14:30,870 --> 00:14:33,280 Do you know where we can find him? 312 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:34,810 What's this about? 313 00:14:34,870 --> 00:14:37,980 Does your husband know a man named Sean Alvarez? 314 00:14:39,470 --> 00:14:41,680 Uh, I've never heard the name before. 315 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:43,280 What's going on? 316 00:14:43,340 --> 00:14:46,050 We got your husband's name from Mr. Alvarez's computer. 317 00:14:46,110 --> 00:14:48,290 It was on his list of e-mail addresses. 318 00:14:48,350 --> 00:14:52,160 BRISCOE: Mr. Alvarez was a broker with a firm called Braddock and Todd. 319 00:14:52,420 --> 00:14:54,090 Braddock and Todd? 320 00:14:54,460 --> 00:14:57,960 But my husband dealt with a man named Valentine, not Alvarez. 321 00:14:58,660 --> 00:14:59,800 Bruce Valentine? 322 00:15:00,090 --> 00:15:01,160 Yes. 323 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:03,840 But why are you looking for Mitchel? 324 00:15:03,900 --> 00:15:06,070 Mr. Alvarez was killed two days ago. 325 00:15:06,370 --> 00:15:07,740 Oh, my God. 326 00:15:07,970 --> 00:15:10,250 ED: It's important that we find your husband. 327 00:15:10,300 --> 00:15:11,510 (SIGHS) 328 00:15:12,810 --> 00:15:15,220 Mitch didn't come home last night. 329 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:18,020 He's a gambler. He hasn't had a real job in over a year. 330 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:19,620 I think that's why he traded stocks. 331 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:21,790 It was easier than going to the track. 332 00:15:21,850 --> 00:15:24,300 ED: How about a bookie or a favorite OTB parlor? 333 00:15:24,350 --> 00:15:25,590 I don't know. 334 00:15:25,650 --> 00:15:28,160 We don't want anybody to get hurt here, Mrs. Simms. 335 00:15:28,220 --> 00:15:30,570 I swear I don't know where he is. 336 00:15:31,230 --> 00:15:33,640 But please, please don't hurt him. 337 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:36,740 Wife says at most he'd have a couple of hundred bucks. 338 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:38,610 What about an ATM card? 339 00:15:38,700 --> 00:15:39,940 No funds available. 340 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:44,680 Thank you. DMV has a '95 Ford Escort registered to Mitchel Simms 341 00:15:44,740 --> 00:15:45,910 under the same address. 342 00:15:45,970 --> 00:15:47,480 Add the plates to the hot sheet. 343 00:15:47,540 --> 00:15:51,350 Simms used a credit card to buy gas on the service road to the Van Wyck, 344 00:15:51,410 --> 00:15:52,890 day before yesterday. 345 00:15:52,980 --> 00:15:54,290 That's on the way to Kennedy. 346 00:15:54,350 --> 00:15:57,960 Call Port Authority police. Have them check all parking lots for Simms' car. 347 00:15:58,020 --> 00:16:00,260 And let's notify the airlines. 348 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:05,300 Lot attendant says the car came in about 6:30, day before yesterday. 349 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:07,570 Talk about long-term parking. 350 00:16:09,830 --> 00:16:11,470 ED: .38's in his lap. 351 00:16:11,670 --> 00:16:13,480 Same caliber as Alvarez. 352 00:16:13,530 --> 00:16:15,640 Nobody touches anything until CSU gets here. 353 00:16:15,700 --> 00:16:19,120 When they do, tell them to bag his hands for GAR, voucher the gun. 354 00:16:19,170 --> 00:16:20,580 (PLANE FLYING OVERHEAD) 355 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:22,880 Maybe he was afraid of flying. 356 00:16:28,020 --> 00:16:30,050 It doesn't make any sense. 357 00:16:31,890 --> 00:16:33,730 Why would Mitchel kill himself? 358 00:16:33,790 --> 00:16:35,830 ED: The GAR came back from the lab. 359 00:16:36,290 --> 00:16:39,830 Your husband's right hand tested positive for gunpowder. 360 00:16:39,890 --> 00:16:41,500 And the receptionist at the brokerage 361 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:44,170 just identified him as the man who shot her. 362 00:16:44,230 --> 00:16:45,470 But why? 363 00:16:45,700 --> 00:16:47,440 Why would Mitchel shoot these people? 364 00:16:48,370 --> 00:16:52,440 Do you know anything about an e-mail your husband may have sent Sean Alvarez? 365 00:16:53,210 --> 00:16:54,880 An e-mail he sent? 366 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:57,390 CARMICHAEL: Of a threatening nature. 367 00:16:57,450 --> 00:16:59,150 If there was anybody Mitchel would've threatened, 368 00:16:59,210 --> 00:17:01,090 it would have been Bruce Valentine. 369 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:02,760 Why do you say that? 370 00:17:02,820 --> 00:17:06,390 Maybe six months ago, Mitchel ran into Valentine. 371 00:17:06,690 --> 00:17:08,690 They went to high school together. 372 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:11,530 He talked to Mitchel about investing. 373 00:17:11,590 --> 00:17:14,230 Said he would give him some stock tips. 374 00:17:14,300 --> 00:17:15,330 Did he? 375 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:16,930 In the beginning. 376 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,840 Then he stopped returning Mitchel's calls. 377 00:17:19,970 --> 00:17:23,970 Then one day he calls Mitchel. Tells him about some health stock. 378 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:25,710 I forget the name. 379 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:28,390 It went through the roof. 380 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:31,390 I begged my husband to sell. But he wouldn't. 381 00:17:31,750 --> 00:17:33,160 ED: Why not? 382 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:37,360 He said Bruce Valentine would tell him when to get out. 383 00:17:38,820 --> 00:17:40,300 He never did. 384 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:43,060 Mrs. Simms was under the impression 385 00:17:43,120 --> 00:17:44,660 you were handling her husband's account. 386 00:17:44,730 --> 00:17:47,070 Yes, but I turned it over to Sean. 387 00:17:47,130 --> 00:17:50,630 But you were the one who told Mr. Simms about the Healthroad2000 stock? 388 00:17:50,700 --> 00:17:52,300 I think so, yes. 389 00:17:52,570 --> 00:17:55,840 So why would he be mad at Sean Alvarez and not you? 390 00:17:56,100 --> 00:17:57,210 (SIGHING) 391 00:17:57,270 --> 00:17:59,810 Look, maybe he just picked an easy target. 392 00:17:59,870 --> 00:18:03,340 I don't know. I'm just glad that I wasn't around at the time, you know? 393 00:18:04,780 --> 00:18:06,260 His wife says he was broke? 394 00:18:06,310 --> 00:18:08,260 Yeah, Mitch had some tough luck. 395 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:09,800 Well, what was he buying stock with? 396 00:18:10,250 --> 00:18:11,730 We set up a margin account. 397 00:18:11,790 --> 00:18:13,320 Margin? Mmm-hmm. 398 00:18:13,750 --> 00:18:15,320 What did he use for collateral? 399 00:18:15,790 --> 00:18:17,200 He took out a second mortgage. 400 00:18:18,290 --> 00:18:19,600 When was that? 401 00:18:20,830 --> 00:18:22,930 When he opened the account. 402 00:18:23,300 --> 00:18:25,500 Yep. Mitchel Simms. 403 00:18:25,570 --> 00:18:30,450 Took out a loan of 42.5, underlying mortgage on the condo was for 130. 404 00:18:30,940 --> 00:18:33,940 Place was assessed at a little over two bills. 405 00:18:34,210 --> 00:18:35,480 But he never made a payment? 406 00:18:35,540 --> 00:18:36,890 Not a one. 407 00:18:37,450 --> 00:18:38,890 So why didn't you foreclose? 408 00:18:39,450 --> 00:18:41,150 Matter a fact, we filed papers last month. 409 00:18:41,220 --> 00:18:43,160 Only he came in about a week ago 410 00:18:43,220 --> 00:18:45,700 with a cashier's check for the whole nut. 411 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:48,530 A cashier's check? Drawn on what bank? 412 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:53,030 The check was drawn on Braddock and Todd's house account. 413 00:18:53,090 --> 00:18:55,440 Same ones who called in his margin. 414 00:18:55,500 --> 00:18:57,310 It's not exactly sound business practice 415 00:18:57,370 --> 00:18:59,940 to give money to a man who just lost his shirt in the market. 416 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:02,640 Not unless you felt responsible for how he lost it. 417 00:19:02,700 --> 00:19:03,980 You think they were trying to make good? 418 00:19:04,040 --> 00:19:06,680 That or trying to make something bad go away. 419 00:19:06,870 --> 00:19:08,380 It was a loan. 420 00:19:08,910 --> 00:19:12,250 A loan to a customer who already owed you a substantial amount of money. 421 00:19:12,310 --> 00:19:13,310 Explain that to us. 422 00:19:13,980 --> 00:19:17,550 Well, Bruce Valentine recommended I make the loan. We did. 423 00:19:17,750 --> 00:19:19,730 Throwing good money after bad? 424 00:19:19,790 --> 00:19:22,390 Well, Bruce is my top performer, okay? 425 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:25,270 For $45,000, I wasn't prepared to question him. 426 00:19:25,330 --> 00:19:27,470 No, especially not if you had concerns 427 00:19:27,530 --> 00:19:29,630 about how the money got lost in the first place, right? 428 00:19:32,970 --> 00:19:35,000 Simms had a margin account. 429 00:19:36,370 --> 00:19:37,580 Who approved that? 430 00:19:40,010 --> 00:19:41,780 CARMICHAEL: Another favor, Mr. Braddock? 431 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:45,920 The truth is Bruce allowed the man to trade when he shouldn't have. 432 00:19:46,150 --> 00:19:47,150 What do you mean? 433 00:19:47,210 --> 00:19:49,630 He let his friendship cloud his judgment. 434 00:19:49,750 --> 00:19:51,890 Simms had a gambling problem. 435 00:19:52,450 --> 00:19:55,400 Bruce knew about it, but let Simms trade on margin anyway. 436 00:19:55,490 --> 00:19:57,990 So you paid $45,000 437 00:19:58,060 --> 00:20:01,370 to make up for Valentine's lack of judgment, is that it? 438 00:20:01,430 --> 00:20:05,100 Look, these kind of things can reflect badly on the entire firm. 439 00:20:05,170 --> 00:20:08,910 When Simms lost the money on Healthroad2000, he threatened us. 440 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:12,280 The last thing I needed was a bunch of federal regulators 441 00:20:12,340 --> 00:20:15,410 rehashing old trades I'd already lost money on. 442 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:20,060 A benevolent broker. Where were these people in '87? 443 00:20:20,150 --> 00:20:23,690 According to Braddock, it wasn't benevolence. It was expedience. 444 00:20:23,750 --> 00:20:26,560 I'm not buying it. How many people in the market lose money 445 00:20:26,620 --> 00:20:28,460 and then try to blame their brokers? 446 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:31,200 A payoff on a claim of that kind just opens the floodgates. 447 00:20:31,260 --> 00:20:32,700 Braddock had to know that. 448 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:36,470 So, the $45,000 was for something else. But what? Murder? 449 00:20:38,130 --> 00:20:41,240 These people seem to be making a lot of payoffs. 450 00:20:41,570 --> 00:20:43,340 To Alvarez, to Simms. 451 00:20:45,410 --> 00:20:48,550 This lawsuit, Ms. Carmichael, what do we know about it? 452 00:20:48,610 --> 00:20:51,110 Nothing. There's a non-disclosure agreement. 453 00:20:51,650 --> 00:20:53,820 Talk to the insurance carrier. 454 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:57,890 See if we can find out what they were really trying to keep quiet. 455 00:21:01,190 --> 00:21:02,390 CARMICHAEL: $2 million? 456 00:21:02,460 --> 00:21:03,530 What were the facts? 457 00:21:03,590 --> 00:21:05,500 Just what's there in the complaint. 458 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:06,590 What about depositions? 459 00:21:06,660 --> 00:21:08,570 No depositions were taken. 460 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:10,480 No discovery? 461 00:21:10,830 --> 00:21:12,810 Isn't that unusual given the amount of the settlement? 462 00:21:12,870 --> 00:21:15,610 Not where one side's afraid of what might come out of discovery. 463 00:21:15,670 --> 00:21:18,120 One side meaning Braddock and Todd? 464 00:21:18,170 --> 00:21:21,240 I took a look at the photograph, then I called the kid's supervisor. 465 00:21:21,310 --> 00:21:23,350 He tells me we have serious problems. 466 00:21:23,410 --> 00:21:24,860 So I called my supervisor. 467 00:21:24,910 --> 00:21:25,910 And? 468 00:21:27,310 --> 00:21:30,320 Apparently, Mr. Braddock already spoke to him. 469 00:21:30,380 --> 00:21:34,890 Said the allegations were true and that he wanted the lawsuit put to bed quietly. 470 00:21:34,990 --> 00:21:35,990 So you settled? 471 00:21:36,060 --> 00:21:37,590 We took a look at the policy's limits 472 00:21:37,660 --> 00:21:41,040 and cut a check to the brokerage for Alvarez that afternoon. 473 00:21:41,100 --> 00:21:43,510 I had a signed release by morning. 474 00:21:44,530 --> 00:21:48,040 $2 million, and Braddock doesn't even put up a fight. 475 00:21:48,100 --> 00:21:51,480 Why should he with the insurance company footing the bill? 476 00:21:51,540 --> 00:21:55,210 It was like a virtual lawsuit. There's no saber rattling, no discovery. 477 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:58,150 Alvarez doesn't even live long enough to cash the check. 478 00:21:58,350 --> 00:22:00,050 But that couldn't be the motive for killing him 479 00:22:00,110 --> 00:22:02,360 because the insurance money would just go to his estate. 480 00:22:04,390 --> 00:22:07,830 So is this really a murder for hire or just some 481 00:22:07,890 --> 00:22:10,100 garden-variety let's kill my broker? 482 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:14,440 The e-mail that started this whole thing? 483 00:22:14,500 --> 00:22:17,700 Are we even sure that Simms is the one who sent it? 484 00:22:19,530 --> 00:22:20,840 The e-mail was deleted. 485 00:22:20,900 --> 00:22:22,140 You're certain? 486 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:25,380 Looks like they ran a Y2K compliance program a few weeks ago. 487 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:28,390 Seems to have taken out all the e-mails on the hard drive. 488 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:29,610 Intentionally? 489 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:32,390 If it wasn't, it certainly was careless. 490 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:34,820 So there's no way to know who sent it? 491 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:37,760 I can't tell you who, but I can tell you when. 492 00:22:37,820 --> 00:22:41,890 The hard drive's transaction log posts it in October. 493 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:44,970 So I checked that against the company's main server, 494 00:22:45,030 --> 00:22:48,400 that log indicates it entered the system in December. 495 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:50,340 So the e-mail was back dated? 496 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:51,400 That they couldn't hide. 497 00:22:51,770 --> 00:22:53,010 How would that be done? 498 00:22:53,070 --> 00:22:54,600 With the administrator's code. 499 00:22:54,670 --> 00:22:56,710 With that you can forward an e-mail to any terminal 500 00:22:56,770 --> 00:22:59,050 and put whatever transaction date you wanted on it. 501 00:22:59,210 --> 00:23:00,240 Who would have the code? 502 00:23:00,310 --> 00:23:02,220 Only senior management. 503 00:23:03,510 --> 00:23:05,420 Why would a company want to plant an e-mail 504 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:07,250 that was gonna cost them 2 million bucks? 505 00:23:07,310 --> 00:23:09,230 Because the money was to come from their insurance. 506 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:12,200 They knew they wouldn't be out of pocket a penny. 507 00:23:12,250 --> 00:23:13,700 Perfect hush money. 508 00:23:13,750 --> 00:23:15,260 But to hush up who? 509 00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:20,400 Alvarez, Simms and Valentine were all involved with a stock called Healthroad2000.com. 510 00:23:20,690 --> 00:23:23,230 Takes us right back to the beginning. 511 00:23:23,830 --> 00:23:26,870 Looks like Braddock and Todd did a bunch of IPO's. 512 00:23:26,930 --> 00:23:29,240 Healthroad2000 was just one of them. 513 00:23:29,300 --> 00:23:31,150 These offshore holding companies, 514 00:23:31,210 --> 00:23:34,520 Healthroad's board of directors also controlled them. 515 00:23:34,610 --> 00:23:37,710 Same holding companies with this other start-up. 516 00:23:37,780 --> 00:23:39,260 This one, too. 517 00:23:41,220 --> 00:23:45,190 All these IPO's, same board of directors, same holding companies. 518 00:23:45,350 --> 00:23:47,130 Same pump and dumps. 519 00:23:48,290 --> 00:23:50,430 We did a good job, they came back. 520 00:23:50,490 --> 00:23:51,830 No wonder. 521 00:23:52,060 --> 00:23:55,910 We pulled the SEC's insider trading statements on each of these companies. 522 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:58,840 All of them filed to sell their shares as soon as they could. 523 00:23:58,900 --> 00:24:00,000 That's perfectly legal. 524 00:24:00,070 --> 00:24:02,480 Unless they knew something the rest of us didn't. 525 00:24:02,540 --> 00:24:05,710 Each of these companies saw the value of their shares skyrocket, 526 00:24:05,770 --> 00:24:07,550 then the price just dives. 527 00:24:07,610 --> 00:24:09,350 The market's a risky place. 528 00:24:09,410 --> 00:24:12,190 People want certainty, they should put their money in CD's. 529 00:24:12,250 --> 00:24:15,590 What the people want, Mr. Braddock, is a level playing field. 530 00:24:15,820 --> 00:24:18,850 Our guess is Sean Alvarez discovered you weren't providing one. 531 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:21,830 That's why you planted the e-mail, isn't it? 532 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:25,730 To create a bogus lawsuit in order to pay off Sean Alvarez. 533 00:24:26,090 --> 00:24:27,800 That's insurance fraud for starters. 534 00:24:27,860 --> 00:24:31,330 And who knows how many violations of federal security laws 535 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:32,710 on the stock scheme. 536 00:24:32,770 --> 00:24:34,910 The federal sentencing guidelines for these crimes 537 00:24:34,970 --> 00:24:38,040 have been described as draconian, Mr. Braddock. 538 00:24:38,140 --> 00:24:40,640 I'm not a criminal lawyer, Carl, but I wouldn't answer anything else. 539 00:24:40,710 --> 00:24:42,980 JACK: He's right. Save your explanation for the jury. 540 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:45,720 Only sometimes a murder charge has a chilling effect 541 00:24:45,780 --> 00:24:47,920 on a defendant's decision to take the stand. 542 00:24:47,980 --> 00:24:49,020 Murder? 543 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:52,720 That's what the $45,000 you paid Mitchel Simms was for, wasn't it? 544 00:24:53,020 --> 00:24:54,500 To kill Sean Alvarez? 545 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:55,900 I didn't kill anyone. 546 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:58,100 It's your name on the check. 547 00:25:00,130 --> 00:25:01,330 (SIGHS) 548 00:25:05,130 --> 00:25:06,610 You know, in the old days, 549 00:25:06,670 --> 00:25:09,480 you made someone 10%, you were doing your job. 550 00:25:09,540 --> 00:25:10,570 Not anymore. 551 00:25:11,340 --> 00:25:13,840 Today, everyone wants to double their money. 552 00:25:13,910 --> 00:25:17,410 Not in a year. In weeks. Hours. 553 00:25:17,850 --> 00:25:19,380 JACK: Business was tough. 554 00:25:19,810 --> 00:25:21,690 That's your excuse, Mr. Braddock? 555 00:25:23,950 --> 00:25:26,430 I told Bruce there was no reason to kill them. 556 00:25:26,490 --> 00:25:29,330 But he was just talking crazy. 557 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:32,660 But ever since we started dealing with those people... 558 00:25:33,360 --> 00:25:35,200 What people are we talking about? 559 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:37,870 Haven't you figured it out? 560 00:25:38,300 --> 00:25:42,110 The men who controlled those companies, these board of directors. 561 00:25:43,470 --> 00:25:45,710 They're the mob, for God's sake. 562 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:58,790 JACK: Carl Braddock says you were the front man for an organized crime group 563 00:25:58,850 --> 00:26:01,390 trading stocks through his brokerage. 564 00:26:01,490 --> 00:26:05,330 He says it was you who paid Mitchel Simms to kill Sean Alvarez. 565 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:07,670 That's murder for hire, Mr. Valentine. 566 00:26:07,730 --> 00:26:09,670 You get a needle for that in this state. 567 00:26:09,730 --> 00:26:11,180 And it won't be for a flu shot. 568 00:26:11,270 --> 00:26:16,480 Well, now, let's all just slow down here for a minute, shall we? 569 00:26:17,810 --> 00:26:21,620 I assume Mr. Braddock didn't provide his information for free. 570 00:26:21,940 --> 00:26:26,390 We turned our prosecution of Mr. Braddock over to the federal authorities. 571 00:26:26,810 --> 00:26:28,820 They'll consider his cooperation. 572 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:30,520 We want the same arrangement. 573 00:26:30,620 --> 00:26:33,060 JACK: I'll hear what he has to say. 574 00:26:34,820 --> 00:26:36,030 (SIGHS) 575 00:26:37,020 --> 00:26:39,130 I was approached about a year ago. 576 00:26:39,190 --> 00:26:40,830 JACK: Approached by who? 577 00:26:40,890 --> 00:26:42,810 Joseph Dantoni, Jr. 578 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:45,030 Of the Dantoni crime family? 579 00:26:45,100 --> 00:26:47,600 Joey Jr. and I went to high school together. 580 00:26:47,670 --> 00:26:48,740 With Mitchel Simms? 581 00:26:49,570 --> 00:26:52,180 Yeah, I've handled some investments for Joey's father. 582 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:54,910 Very conservative. But Joey wasn't blind. 583 00:26:55,210 --> 00:26:57,820 He saw how easily the market could be manipulated. 584 00:26:57,880 --> 00:26:59,020 How did that work? 585 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:01,990 I set up some offshore shells to run the stocks through 586 00:27:02,050 --> 00:27:05,050 and then I'd post favorable information about them in chat rooms 587 00:27:05,120 --> 00:27:06,890 when we were ready to go public with the company. 588 00:27:06,950 --> 00:27:08,400 JACK: And Sean Alvarez? 589 00:27:10,120 --> 00:27:13,540 Obviously he did his homework. Found out what I was doing. 590 00:27:14,130 --> 00:27:15,800 He threatened to go to the SEC, 591 00:27:15,860 --> 00:27:18,900 so we came up with the idea of a phony lawsuit to pay him off. 592 00:27:18,970 --> 00:27:22,740 So you planted an e-mail to create a false claim of harassment? 593 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:25,750 There was no other way to get Sean the money. 594 00:27:25,940 --> 00:27:28,080 The insurance company paid off right away. 595 00:27:28,580 --> 00:27:30,180 So what went wrong? 596 00:27:31,950 --> 00:27:34,860 Joey didn't trust Sean to keep his mouth shut. 597 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:40,700 You're saying Joseph Dantoni, Jr. had Sean Alvarez killed? 598 00:27:42,120 --> 00:27:45,070 About a week after Joey found out about Sean, 599 00:27:45,690 --> 00:27:47,170 he called me. 600 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:49,970 Told me what he was gonna do. 601 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:52,970 See, Simms was into them for a lot of money. 602 00:27:53,030 --> 00:27:54,030 And Joey just figured 603 00:27:54,100 --> 00:27:57,280 Mitch would look like some disgruntled customer gone crazy. 604 00:28:01,310 --> 00:28:03,790 Your client remains in jail until I check out his story. 605 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:05,480 He'll need protection. 606 00:28:06,010 --> 00:28:07,890 Yes, I'm sure he will. 607 00:28:12,420 --> 00:28:15,700 Let's pick up Dantoni. I want this in the grand jury right away. 608 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:17,170 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 609 00:28:18,360 --> 00:28:19,670 Joseph Dantoni. 610 00:28:20,890 --> 00:28:21,960 What's this about? 611 00:28:22,030 --> 00:28:23,170 On your feet, Mr. Dantoni. 612 00:28:23,230 --> 00:28:25,340 Okay. Okay. Just let me take care of the check. 613 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:26,610 Save it for bail. 614 00:28:26,670 --> 00:28:27,980 ED: You have the right to remain silent. 615 00:28:28,070 --> 00:28:30,610 Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. 616 00:28:35,210 --> 00:28:37,450 What's this? I thought I had the Hinkson case this morning. 617 00:28:37,510 --> 00:28:40,360 Judge, this was added to the calendar at defense counsel's request. 618 00:28:40,410 --> 00:28:43,050 Joseph Dantoni, Jr. Murder in the first degree. 619 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:46,930 Your Honor, Mr. McCoy is before the grand jury on this matter as we speak. 620 00:28:46,990 --> 00:28:48,690 JUDGE: What's the rush, Mr. Patton? 621 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:50,390 Your Honor, may we approach? 622 00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:58,470 Judge, I tried Mr. McCoy this morning. I wasn't able to reach him. 623 00:28:58,530 --> 00:29:00,140 I was hoping to have a conversation with him 624 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:03,440 before any murder indictment was voted in this case. 625 00:29:03,500 --> 00:29:07,250 A conversation? You're saying your client wants to cooperate? 626 00:29:07,470 --> 00:29:10,010 Not him. His father. 627 00:29:11,780 --> 00:29:13,620 I appreciate your seeing me, Mr. McCoy. 628 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:15,390 This isn't a courtesy. 629 00:29:15,450 --> 00:29:17,790 You have information regarding this homicide? 630 00:29:17,850 --> 00:29:20,300 Yeah, we do. 631 00:29:20,890 --> 00:29:23,270 You understand there's no offer of immunity. 632 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:24,770 For either you or your son. 633 00:29:24,830 --> 00:29:28,240 Mr. Dantoni merely seeks the same protection your office 634 00:29:28,300 --> 00:29:30,140 provides any other crime victim. 635 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:31,680 Crime victim? 636 00:29:33,070 --> 00:29:35,880 This is a strange situation for all of us. 637 00:29:36,470 --> 00:29:38,540 I'm used to handling my own problems my own way. 638 00:29:39,710 --> 00:29:41,580 But this is different. 639 00:29:42,310 --> 00:29:44,550 My son did not commit any murder. 640 00:29:45,980 --> 00:29:48,430 That's the extent of your information? 641 00:29:48,620 --> 00:29:50,250 My son's a moron. 642 00:29:51,620 --> 00:29:52,720 But he's not a murderer. 643 00:29:52,790 --> 00:29:55,600 So he's only half a chip off the old block? 644 00:29:58,160 --> 00:29:59,500 Look, Joey might have been aggressive 645 00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:02,200 in terms of pursuing profits in the market. 646 00:30:02,260 --> 00:30:04,470 Certain rules might have been broken. 647 00:30:04,530 --> 00:30:08,340 But he never murdered nobody or hired nobody to murder nobody. 648 00:30:09,370 --> 00:30:10,780 How do you know this? 649 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:12,420 I asked him. 650 00:30:13,310 --> 00:30:16,950 I asked him once I realized he'd lost over $4 million of my money. 651 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:22,090 I took a look at these holding companies my genius son set up. 652 00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:26,060 Turns out all the assets were controlled by Valentine, not Joey. 653 00:30:26,590 --> 00:30:28,830 Only now, none of them got any assets. 654 00:30:28,890 --> 00:30:32,530 Mr. Dantoni's prepared to testify that his brokerage account, 655 00:30:32,590 --> 00:30:35,540 as well as the accounts of eight other of his associates, 656 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:39,810 all with what you would call organized crime connections, 657 00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:44,510 were looted by the brokerage of Braddock and Todd. 658 00:30:44,670 --> 00:30:48,640 In proper parlance, Bruce Valentine cooked the books. 659 00:30:49,180 --> 00:30:53,680 This Valentine told my son Joey that these stock schemes were making money. 660 00:30:53,750 --> 00:30:56,990 Meantime, the guy's stealing from Peter to pay Paul. 661 00:30:57,680 --> 00:30:59,360 What about Mitchel Simms? 662 00:30:59,750 --> 00:31:01,260 Valentine whacked him. 663 00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:02,630 Convenient for you. 664 00:31:02,690 --> 00:31:06,570 Hey, I'm gonna hit Simms, I ain't gonna make it look like a suicide. 665 00:31:06,630 --> 00:31:08,400 Defeats the purpose. 666 00:31:08,830 --> 00:31:10,040 You don't believe me? 667 00:31:10,100 --> 00:31:12,040 Check your records on the .38. 668 00:31:12,100 --> 00:31:13,410 What will we find? 669 00:31:13,470 --> 00:31:15,570 Well, let's just say it wasn't fresh off the shelf. 670 00:31:16,570 --> 00:31:19,410 Valentine asked my son Joey for a gun a couple of months ago. 671 00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:23,620 Said he was afraid to be carrying so much cash around. 672 00:31:24,110 --> 00:31:27,820 Turns out it was my cash. 673 00:31:31,650 --> 00:31:35,930 I'm surprised that Dantoni isn't asking us to take a blood oath. 674 00:31:35,990 --> 00:31:39,200 Fact is our forensic accountant backs up his claim. 675 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:45,470 The pilfered brokerage accounts were established 25 years ago. 676 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:47,640 You're telling me the money's legit? 677 00:31:48,370 --> 00:31:51,410 I'm telling you there's no way to prove that it isn't. 678 00:31:51,470 --> 00:31:54,580 There's also no way a lawyer like Richard Patton gets involved 679 00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:56,020 if the money wasn't clean. 680 00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:57,320 What about the .38? 681 00:31:57,380 --> 00:32:00,360 Ballistics traced it back to an underworld slaying three years ago. 682 00:32:00,580 --> 00:32:02,530 Fine. Mob gun, mob murder. 683 00:32:02,580 --> 00:32:04,720 CARMICHAEL: Except that we wouldn't have known about the slaying 684 00:32:04,790 --> 00:32:06,390 if it weren't for Dantoni. 685 00:32:06,450 --> 00:32:10,370 Joey Jr. will testify he gave the gun to Valentine six months before 686 00:32:10,420 --> 00:32:11,660 in front of witnesses, 687 00:32:11,730 --> 00:32:13,710 two of whom had no record. 688 00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:15,760 None of us are happy about this, Adam. 689 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:18,600 But if Valentine hired Simms to kill Alvarez 690 00:32:18,670 --> 00:32:21,840 and then killed Simms himself, he deserves the death penalty. 691 00:32:22,940 --> 00:32:26,820 So we end up performing our first hit for the mob. 692 00:32:27,540 --> 00:32:28,650 (SCOFFS) 693 00:32:28,710 --> 00:32:31,420 We've never drawn a distinction between crime victims before. 694 00:32:32,450 --> 00:32:33,950 Crime victims. 695 00:32:34,750 --> 00:32:37,730 And what do they want for all these little tidbits of information? 696 00:32:38,290 --> 00:32:41,030 Consideration for Joey Jr. on the stock scheme. 697 00:32:42,890 --> 00:32:44,800 Crime victims my elbow. 698 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:51,700 Bruce came to me and said he had a group of investors 699 00:32:51,770 --> 00:32:55,340 interested in setting up companies and then taking them public 700 00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:56,680 through the brokerage. 701 00:32:57,340 --> 00:33:00,610 When did you learn these companies were actually fronts for organized crime? 702 00:33:00,770 --> 00:33:02,520 It was pretty clear at our first meeting. 703 00:33:02,580 --> 00:33:03,990 JACK: How did the plan work? 704 00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:08,080 Bruce set up these companies, then used money from the brokerage accounts 705 00:33:08,150 --> 00:33:10,790 to show assets to the investment banks. 706 00:33:11,420 --> 00:33:13,730 Then he took them public through my firm. 707 00:33:13,850 --> 00:33:14,990 And what happened? 708 00:33:15,060 --> 00:33:19,730 Bruce created markets for the stock through various chat rooms on the Internet 709 00:33:19,790 --> 00:33:22,870 and through our association with other retailers. 710 00:33:22,930 --> 00:33:24,500 And the stock prices went up? 711 00:33:24,700 --> 00:33:26,010 They skyrocketed. 712 00:33:26,070 --> 00:33:28,950 So how did Mr. Valentine end up losing the money? 713 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:31,920 Mr. Dantoni and the others were insiders. 714 00:33:31,970 --> 00:33:34,580 Legally, they couldn't sell their shares right away. 715 00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:38,150 While they were waiting, the market had a correction. 716 00:33:38,580 --> 00:33:41,220 Bruce just wasn't able to sustain the price long enough. 717 00:33:41,820 --> 00:33:45,060 He started using the companies own cash to buy more stock. 718 00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:46,600 Eventually, he lost everything. 719 00:33:46,650 --> 00:33:49,460 How did he manage to hide this from you and the others? 720 00:33:49,660 --> 00:33:51,760 By using false financial statements 721 00:33:51,830 --> 00:33:55,140 and a variety of other accounts to cover the losses. 722 00:33:55,260 --> 00:33:57,000 But Sean Alvarez found out? 723 00:33:59,670 --> 00:34:02,480 I don't know what Sean knew, 724 00:34:02,940 --> 00:34:05,510 just that Bruce said we had to pay him off. 725 00:34:05,610 --> 00:34:07,020 And did you? 726 00:34:08,640 --> 00:34:11,050 Yes. Bruce planted an e-mail 727 00:34:11,110 --> 00:34:14,520 in order to create an harassment claim against us. 728 00:34:15,020 --> 00:34:18,290 Then we used the insurance money to pay Sean. 729 00:34:19,450 --> 00:34:21,060 Nothing further. 730 00:34:24,590 --> 00:34:28,730 You didn't object to this alleged stock scheme, did you? 731 00:34:30,730 --> 00:34:31,770 No. 732 00:34:31,830 --> 00:34:35,540 To using mob money to further your own aims? 733 00:34:37,140 --> 00:34:38,480 No, I didn't. 734 00:34:38,540 --> 00:34:40,850 Even to committing insurance fraud? 735 00:34:43,140 --> 00:34:45,050 I thought I had no choice. 736 00:34:47,210 --> 00:34:48,990 I'm sure you didn't. 737 00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:52,000 In fact, you thought there was a chance you might be killed. 738 00:34:52,790 --> 00:34:53,790 Yes. 739 00:34:53,890 --> 00:34:57,230 Killed by the same people the district attorney's office 740 00:34:57,290 --> 00:35:00,030 has paraded in front of this jury as crime victims? 741 00:35:00,090 --> 00:35:01,130 Objection. 742 00:35:01,190 --> 00:35:02,470 Sustained. 743 00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:10,540 Now, my client had no authority to orchestrate an insurance payoff, did he? 744 00:35:11,370 --> 00:35:12,410 No. 745 00:35:12,470 --> 00:35:17,320 In fact, the agreement to keep silent was between your brokerage and Mr. Alvarez. 746 00:35:17,380 --> 00:35:20,020 Mr. Valentine's name wasn't even mentioned, was it? 747 00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:21,860 No, it... It wasn't. 748 00:35:22,720 --> 00:35:24,090 By the way. 749 00:35:24,890 --> 00:35:28,090 You lied about all this to the police, didn't you? 750 00:35:29,190 --> 00:35:30,260 Yes. 751 00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:34,000 Because you thought they would think that it was you who hired Mr. Simms, 752 00:35:34,860 --> 00:35:36,070 wasn't it? 753 00:35:37,130 --> 00:35:38,940 Seems to me, Mr. Braddock, 754 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,240 you had as much reason to see these people dead 755 00:35:41,300 --> 00:35:43,340 as any of the People's witnesses in this case. 756 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:44,400 Objection. 757 00:35:46,270 --> 00:35:47,880 Nothing further. 758 00:35:52,410 --> 00:35:56,160 I let my son run my business interest while I was in Florida. 759 00:35:56,750 --> 00:35:58,750 Famous last words, right? 760 00:35:59,290 --> 00:36:01,060 JACK: What happened? 761 00:36:02,190 --> 00:36:05,360 He started trading with this Valentine character. 762 00:36:05,830 --> 00:36:07,770 He and Joey were friends from high school. 763 00:36:08,860 --> 00:36:12,280 They cooked up some scheme where they'd set up a company with Joey's... 764 00:36:13,170 --> 00:36:14,440 My money. 765 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:17,470 Then hype the stock and get out with a profit. 766 00:36:17,940 --> 00:36:19,440 You were kept informed of this? 767 00:36:19,670 --> 00:36:22,850 Are you kidding me? I'm the generation that made it. 768 00:36:22,910 --> 00:36:24,790 My son's the one who spends it. 769 00:36:25,310 --> 00:36:28,730 We've heard testimony from several witnesses and your son 770 00:36:28,780 --> 00:36:31,700 that a great deal of money was lost by them. 771 00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:33,990 How much money was lost by you? 772 00:36:34,050 --> 00:36:35,970 Little over 4 million. 773 00:36:37,690 --> 00:36:39,800 Mr. Valentine's lawyer suggests 774 00:36:39,860 --> 00:36:43,830 your son was responsible for the murders of Mitchel Simms and Sean Alvarez. 775 00:36:44,300 --> 00:36:45,400 Not true. 776 00:36:45,470 --> 00:36:47,270 How do you know that? 777 00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:51,210 Because my son didn't have the authority. 778 00:36:52,340 --> 00:36:53,780 The authority? 779 00:36:54,810 --> 00:36:56,690 I'll rely on my constitutional right 780 00:36:56,740 --> 00:37:00,120 against self-incrimination and just leave it at that. 781 00:37:04,620 --> 00:37:06,220 Nothing further. 782 00:37:09,790 --> 00:37:12,240 Your son didn't have the authority? 783 00:37:13,060 --> 00:37:14,540 That's right. 784 00:37:15,260 --> 00:37:16,600 Meaning you do? 785 00:37:16,660 --> 00:37:21,740 Meaning if something's gonna be done in my name, I have the final say-so. Yeah. 786 00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:26,780 Is this some type of organization that we're unaware of, Mr. Dantoni? 787 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:31,620 Oh, I think you know what I'm talking about, Counselor. 788 00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:35,520 Yes, I think I do. I just want to make sure that the jury does. 789 00:37:35,720 --> 00:37:37,250 This is a chart 790 00:37:38,290 --> 00:37:39,290 of all the crimes 791 00:37:39,350 --> 00:37:43,560 some of the People's witnesses have been charged with or convicted of. 792 00:37:43,620 --> 00:37:44,620 Objection. 793 00:37:44,690 --> 00:37:45,970 Overruled. 794 00:37:47,860 --> 00:37:50,400 Now, let's see, amongst other things, 795 00:37:50,460 --> 00:37:54,280 murder, racketeering, bribery, 796 00:37:54,330 --> 00:37:56,140 (SIGHS) assault, arson, 797 00:37:56,200 --> 00:37:57,480 jury tampering. 798 00:37:58,340 --> 00:38:00,250 Did I miss anything, Mr. Dantoni? 799 00:38:00,310 --> 00:38:03,620 Yeah. That I was acquitted of the bribery charge. 800 00:38:05,750 --> 00:38:07,880 I'm sorry. You're right. 801 00:38:08,980 --> 00:38:12,560 But then that's what led up to the jury tampering indictment, isn't it? 802 00:38:13,990 --> 00:38:17,200 In fact, every witness against Mr. Valentine 803 00:38:17,590 --> 00:38:20,400 has been convicted of one felony or another, haven't they? 804 00:38:20,460 --> 00:38:21,500 Objection. 805 00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:22,970 That I'll sustain. 806 00:38:23,530 --> 00:38:26,170 We paid our debt to society, Counselor. 807 00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:28,840 It's time for your client to pony up. 808 00:38:29,940 --> 00:38:31,940 You say you lost $4 million? 809 00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:34,070 Yeah. 810 00:38:34,140 --> 00:38:36,590 Where'd you get that money from, Mr. Dantoni? 811 00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:40,260 My accountant can better answer that question. 812 00:38:40,650 --> 00:38:42,850 It was from illegal activities, wasn't it? 813 00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:45,050 Absolutely not. 814 00:38:45,720 --> 00:38:47,600 Come on, Mr. Dantoni. 815 00:38:47,820 --> 00:38:51,290 You were so honest with us before about your authority. 816 00:38:52,060 --> 00:38:53,590 Why be shy now? 817 00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:55,100 Objection. 818 00:38:56,260 --> 00:38:58,040 STOKELY: Doesn't really matter if he answers. 819 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:02,850 Like he said, "We all know what we're talking about here." 820 00:39:09,180 --> 00:39:11,280 The first time I had a witness take the Fifth Amendment 821 00:39:11,380 --> 00:39:13,320 and didn't try to make him pay for it. 822 00:39:13,410 --> 00:39:16,880 Never say never. We already have a defendant to convict. 823 00:39:17,450 --> 00:39:19,430 Valentine's taking the stand tomorrow. 824 00:39:19,490 --> 00:39:22,090 He'll try and blame the mob for the murders. 825 00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:24,690 Time to make your bones, consigliere. 826 00:39:27,690 --> 00:39:28,900 (SIGHS) 827 00:39:31,870 --> 00:39:34,470 We have Dantoni losing 4 million, right? 828 00:39:34,530 --> 00:39:36,640 4,000,000. 829 00:39:36,700 --> 00:39:39,710 And the other eight accounts, Dantoni's associates, how much all told? 830 00:39:40,670 --> 00:39:42,380 Give or take another 9 million. 831 00:39:42,710 --> 00:39:45,660 So that's 13 million invested with Valentine. 832 00:39:49,080 --> 00:39:50,220 Something wrong? 833 00:39:50,780 --> 00:39:53,030 I just added up all the capital funneled through this thing 834 00:39:53,090 --> 00:39:54,830 and I get 15 million. 835 00:39:55,660 --> 00:39:57,400 We're 2 million short. 836 00:39:57,590 --> 00:40:00,230 This guy just doesn't know how to stop. 837 00:40:01,060 --> 00:40:02,730 Yes, I took money. 838 00:40:03,300 --> 00:40:05,330 And, yes, I paid Sean and Mitchel to keep quiet. 839 00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:08,500 But I never murdered anyone. 840 00:40:09,500 --> 00:40:13,210 You never hired Mitchel Simms to kill Sean Alvarez? 841 00:40:13,710 --> 00:40:14,810 Why would I? 842 00:40:14,870 --> 00:40:17,980 Sean would've gotten in almost as much trouble as I would if he would've talked. 843 00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:20,060 No. The Dantonis. 844 00:40:20,850 --> 00:40:22,690 They're the ones who kill. 845 00:40:23,180 --> 00:40:25,630 And now they're trying to blame me. 846 00:40:26,750 --> 00:40:28,560 No further questions. 847 00:40:34,530 --> 00:40:37,530 Standing over the lifeless body of Sean Alvarez, 848 00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:41,310 you lied to two New York City detectives 849 00:40:41,370 --> 00:40:45,010 when you told them that you knew nothing about his murder, didn't you? 850 00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:46,540 I was scared. 851 00:40:46,610 --> 00:40:48,280 Scared of the mob? 852 00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:49,640 That's right. 853 00:40:49,710 --> 00:40:52,380 But not too scared to do business with them? 854 00:40:53,250 --> 00:40:56,590 When did this fear of the mob you say caused you to lie 855 00:40:56,650 --> 00:40:59,650 first begin to afflict you, Mr. Valentine? 856 00:41:00,790 --> 00:41:02,130 I can't really say. 857 00:41:02,460 --> 00:41:05,870 Seems to me it must have been when you realized that those stock scams of yours 858 00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:07,840 weren't going to work. 859 00:41:07,890 --> 00:41:09,200 I told you, I can't say. 860 00:41:09,260 --> 00:41:12,070 Well, isn't that when you asked Joey Jr. for a gun? 861 00:41:12,130 --> 00:41:14,010 I didn't ask Joey for a gun. 862 00:41:14,070 --> 00:41:17,510 Two witnesses, with absolutely nothing to fear, say that you did. 863 00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:18,910 They're lying. 864 00:41:18,970 --> 00:41:21,920 Or maybe it was when you committed insurance fraud? Was that when it started? 865 00:41:21,980 --> 00:41:23,220 Sean was blackmailing me. 866 00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:26,880 But Mitchel Simms wasn't blackmailing you about the mob, was he? 867 00:41:26,950 --> 00:41:28,790 And you paid him off too, didn't you? 868 00:41:29,850 --> 00:41:30,850 Yes. 869 00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:33,730 So if it wasn't fear of the mob that made you do it, 870 00:41:33,790 --> 00:41:35,770 what was it, Mr. Valentine? 871 00:41:37,290 --> 00:41:38,890 I don't know what you're talking about. 872 00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:41,030 I'm talking about opportunity. 873 00:41:41,090 --> 00:41:43,510 That's the name of the game in your business, isn't it? 874 00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:46,700 Recognizing opportunity and taking advantage of it? 875 00:41:46,770 --> 00:41:48,110 I suppose. 876 00:41:48,700 --> 00:41:52,620 How much of the mob's money did you say you lost, Mr. Valentine? 877 00:41:53,240 --> 00:41:55,240 $13 million. 878 00:41:55,340 --> 00:41:58,790 Yet we found that 15 million in capital 879 00:41:59,210 --> 00:42:01,160 was funneled through those accounts. 880 00:42:01,210 --> 00:42:05,690 So where did that extra $2 million come from? 881 00:42:09,020 --> 00:42:10,230 I don't know. 882 00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:13,930 It came from the insurance settlement, didn't it? 883 00:42:14,660 --> 00:42:17,400 You never gave the money to Sean Alvarez. 884 00:42:19,230 --> 00:42:22,910 You stole it and used it for your stock scheme. 885 00:42:23,870 --> 00:42:26,040 That's why you had to kill Sean Alvarez, isn't it? No. 886 00:42:26,110 --> 00:42:30,450 There is no record of $2 million ever being paid 887 00:42:30,940 --> 00:42:33,580 from Braddock and Todd to Sean Alvarez. 888 00:42:34,010 --> 00:42:36,360 Another opportunity presented itself and you took it. 889 00:42:36,420 --> 00:42:37,690 Isn't that right, Mr. Valentine? 890 00:42:37,750 --> 00:42:38,790 No. 891 00:42:38,850 --> 00:42:42,360 I think you arranged to meet Mitchel Simms. 892 00:42:42,590 --> 00:42:45,330 I think you used his desperation 893 00:42:45,460 --> 00:42:47,270 to force him to kill Sean Alvarez. 894 00:42:47,330 --> 00:42:48,330 Objection. 895 00:42:48,390 --> 00:42:51,310 And later, you lured him to the airport and killed him 896 00:42:51,360 --> 00:42:54,110 with the gun given to you by Joey Dantoni, 897 00:42:54,170 --> 00:42:55,700 knowing that you could blame the mob. 898 00:42:55,770 --> 00:42:57,440 That's not true! (STAMMERING) I didn't. 899 00:42:57,500 --> 00:43:00,310 Stock fraud, insurance fraud, payoffs, finally murder. 900 00:43:00,370 --> 00:43:02,250 All crimes of opportunity. 901 00:43:02,310 --> 00:43:04,720 But you're all out of chances now. 902 00:43:06,710 --> 00:43:08,750 Aren't you, Mr. Valentine? 903 00:43:30,670 --> 00:43:31,770 Members of the jury 904 00:43:31,840 --> 00:43:34,480 I am advised by the clerk that you have reached a verdict? 905 00:43:35,240 --> 00:43:36,480 We have, Your Honor. 906 00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:38,550 JUDGE: Please read it. 907 00:43:38,650 --> 00:43:40,750 In the matter of The People v. Valentine, 908 00:43:41,010 --> 00:43:43,490 on the count of murder in the first degree, 909 00:43:43,550 --> 00:43:46,050 we find the defendant guilty. 910 00:43:46,120 --> 00:43:47,760 (PEOPLE MURMURING) 911 00:43:51,020 --> 00:43:54,160 Members of the jury, you are excused until Monday morning, 912 00:43:54,230 --> 00:43:57,640 whereupon the death penalty phase of this trial shall begin. 913 00:43:58,500 --> 00:44:00,100 (GAVEL BANGS) 914 00:44:09,440 --> 00:44:10,480 So? 915 00:44:13,250 --> 00:44:15,890 The jury gave Valentine the death penalty. 916 00:44:17,120 --> 00:44:18,790 They were out for less than an hour. 917 00:44:18,850 --> 00:44:21,200 Nothing redeemable about Wall Street. 918 00:44:21,250 --> 00:44:23,030 What about Center Street? 919 00:44:23,090 --> 00:44:24,090 Oh. 920 00:44:24,620 --> 00:44:26,500 Now you have scruples? 921 00:44:27,530 --> 00:44:29,510 We avenged Sean Alvarez. 922 00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:33,270 I still have to call the family. 923 00:44:33,700 --> 00:44:35,040 Which one?