Is the mob involved in the Florida ILA?

It's been well documented the mob has been involved in the business of the longshoremen in New York and New Jersey. I posted about that a couple of days ago.


Now there is a stevedore in Florida who has some disputes with the ILA.

Their creditors are trying to force them into bankruptcy. This is part of their response.

The ILA pension funds for Southeast Florida and Tampa recently sued Eller, seeking what they claim is the company's failure to pay its required contributions to the funds.

In responses to the lawsuits, Eller denied the allegations and said it was the victim of a scam to inflate claims for ILA members' pay.

Eller said in court documents that it believes that current or former Eller employees and union members had schemed "to defraud (Eller Maritime) and certain shipping companies by an apparent ongoing 'kickback' protocol whereby the...employee or employees would intentionally overpay longshoremen and/or other union members for work not undertaken, or generate phantom union employees or categories of employees."

I have no idea if the Feds have been investigating this. But, it's the typical mob scenario. No-show jobs.

It's starting to get cold. I would think some Feds are looking for an excuse to head to Florida. This should do the trick.