QUE RICO? DISCARDING THE FALLACY THAT FLORIDA RICO AND FEDERAL RICO ARE IDENTICAL
By Etan Mark The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)1 has been called one of “the most misused statutes in the federal corpus of law.”2 The federal criminal RICO statute, passed in 1970, was followed seven years later with its Florida counterpart.3 In 1986, the civil RICO provisions followed, permitting any private citizen to [...]