Published: May 2, 2022, 10 a.m.
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Defense lawyer George Remus started to notice a new kind of client in 1919 and 1920: the bootlegger. He also noticed that those bootleggers always paid handsomely in cash. Remus, who had a background in pharmaceuticals, decided he wanted in, and within a year, he owned 35% of America\'s alcohol. The federal government moved quickly to shut down this so-called King of the Bootleggers.
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