‘Do You Paint Houses?’ Chicago-Area Gambling Ring Used Coded Mob-Style Murder Language, Feds Say

Posted on: May 20, 2026, 06:15h.  Last updated on: May 20, 2026, 06:17h. Collecting gambling debts allegedly involved euphemistic murder language FBI raids exposed major Chicago Outfit-linked gambling and extortion network Prosecutors cite “paint houses” texts as evidence of dangerous intimidation One of the defendants in a sprawling Chicago-area illegal gambling case told the operation’s…

Former Oxfordshire pub tenants enter voluntary liquidation

The former tenants of an Oxford pub have gone into voluntary liquidation owing almost £30,000. Paul and Phillipa Hitchcock, who previously ran The Butcher’s Arms in Headington, have placed their company, Long Hop Partnership Limited, into insolvency. Creditors were appointed on May 1 to claim debts totalling £29,557, with almost £28,000 owed to NatWest bank.…

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