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Marvin Rudnick was a United States Attorney who supervised the Federal Bureau of Investigation wiretap investigation of Music Corporation of America. He, along with Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Thomas Gates and Richard Stavin of the Organized Crime Strike Force, believed that Music Corporation of America had been penetrated by organized crime, based on the wiretaps.[1]
Rudnick subsequently lost his job when he refused to drop the investigation into Music Corporation of America. The wiretaps were later sealed by the United States Department of Justice, and no prosecutions were pursued. The Los Angeles Organized Crime Strike Force was disbanded, and Rudnick's efforts to expose the alleged organized crime penetration of Music Corporation of America were thwarted.[1]
After losing his job, Rudnick eventually had part of his story told in the 1993 book, Stiffed: A True Story of MCA, The Music Business, and the Mafia by William Knoedelseder.[1]
Footnotes
[1] Seymour, Cheri. The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.