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It comes twice a month...

We have delightful little meetings

between myself and the Detective staff sergeant.

MANGOLD: Well when is pay off day?

30th or the 31st of the month depending on the number of days in the month and the 15th. It usually comes twice anmonth.

MANGOLD: And what happens?

The detective sergeant sidles in with a sly grin on his face and hands you a large packet......(AND WHAT?)...full of five-hundred dollar bills.

MANGOLD:

And what do you say...

Thanks very much.... oh and by the way there's another gambling opened you know and I want another five-hundred bucks a day, because they are always trying to make a fool of you.

MANGOLD: How much were you personally receiving a month?

MANGOLD:

MANGOLD:

MANGOLD:

Now when are we talking about....?

Can we put an average on it?

No we can't.

And...in the best months, how much were you receiving?

Best months. Sixty to a hundred-thousand....

A hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars..(YES)...a month..(A MONTH)... what's that in sterling?

MANGOLD:

Nearly ten...ten grand...

Ten thousand pounds a month...

Yes, roughly.

MANGOLD: You can't really be serious.

Ten-thousand pounds a month...

Serious? Of course I am serious.

MANGOLD: For doing what?

MANGOLD:

For doing nothing. Like not raiding vice establishments.

Well what do you do with all this money?

Hide it under the mattress. It's only when I'd put it in the bank

that I got caught. I spend most of it.

BBH