FirstPlus Financial Group

In 2011, a number of indictments and other legal actions showed that the firm had been taken over by Lucchese crime family[1][2] by the use of threats and violence.

They were able to remove the firm's entire board of directors and managers, replacing them with their own.

[3] At one point, the company had Vice President Dan Quayle as a members of its (legitimate) board of directors.

American football player Dan Marino once served as its TV spokesman.

[7] In 2014, mobsters William and James Maxwell were convicted for organizing crime, among other charges, having been accused of racketeering fraud and bribery for their involvement in unlawfully taking over FirstPlus Financial Group and using its money to buy luxury cars and a yacht.