Operation X
O.J. Simpsons Home Searched by FBI, DEA and Police
M I A M I, Dec. 4 Authorities searched O.J. Simpson's home for more than six hours today as part of an investigation into an Ecstasy drug ring, the theft of equipment used to steal satellite television signals and money laundering
FBI, DEA serve warrant at home of O.J. Simpson
MIAMI (AP) Authorities searched O.J. Simpson's home early Tuesday as part of an investigation into the importation of the drug Ecstasy and the theft of equipment used to steal satellite television signals.
Eight other people were arrested in Miami and two in Chicago as part of a two-year investigation called "Operation X," FBI spokeswoman Judy Orihuela said.
Simpson had not been arrested or indicted and Orihuela wouldn't discuss his connection to the investigation. Nine other homes in Miami were also being searched by the FBI along with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Miami-Dade Police Department.
About 15 agents arrived at Simpson's house about 6 a.m. ET and the former football great was at home, officials said. In a shot from a television helicopter, Simpson could be seen walking in the backyard in a bathrobe. About two hours after agents arrived, Simpson left the home alone in his sports utility vehicle without speaking to reporters.
Orihuela said the ring imported Ecstasy from Holland and stole equipment used to counterfeit cards that activate satellite television receivers.
"People steal these machines and make these cards, then they get free satellite TV," Orihuela said.
Ecstasy is a high-power stimulant that enhances the senses and can cause hallucinations.
Simpson attorney Yale Galanter arrived at the house and spoke to agents for about 15 minutes. He also left the home without speaking to reporters.
The incident was not Simpson's first with the law since he moved to the Kendall neighborhood 15 miles southwest of Miami last year.
Simpson was acquitted in a Miami trial Oct. 24 of grabbing another driver's glasses and scratching the man's face in a road-rage argument the former football star insisted was started by the other guy.
Simpson was also cleared of criminal charges in the 1994 slayings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman in Los Angeles, but a civil jury later ordered him to pay $33.5 million for their deaths.
He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, playing for the Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers.
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Simpson was not arrested, but agents removed two boxes from his home. FBI spokeswoman Judy Orihuela wouldn't say what was in the boxes and wouldn't discuss Simpson's connection to the two-year investigation, dubbed "Operation X."
Simpson's Lawyer: No Drugs Were Found
Simpson's attorney Yale Galanter said no drugs or large amounts of money were found in the home and that Simpson had done nothing wrong. He said the boxes contained legal satellite television equipment.
Nine people were arrested and nine other homes searched today in Miami, Orihuela said. Two people were also arrested in Chicago and a suspected ringleader remains at large and is likely in Brazil, she said.
Orihuela said the ring imported Ecstasy from Holland, selling it at Miami Beach night clubs. Ecstasy is a high-power stimulant that enhances the senses and can cause hallucinations.
The ring also stole equipment used to counterfeit cards that activate satellite television receivers and had laundered about $800,000, she said.
About 15 FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration agents and Miami-Dade police detectives arrived at Simpson's house about 6 a.m. ET, officials said.
Simpson was at home and in a shot from a television helicopter, he could be seen in the backyard in a white bathrobe playing with his dogs while agents searched his home. About two hours after agents arrived, Simpson left alone in his sports utility vehicle without speaking to reporters.
Galanter arrived at the house after Simpson left and spoke to agents for about 15 minutes.
He said Simpson's only connection to the case is that his name was mentioned in a phone conversation involving some members of the ring that was taped by federal authorities. He said Simpson has no involvement in the ring, doesn't believe he knows the people involved and doesn't know why his name was mentioned.
"I can assure you Mr. Simpson does not have enough money in his pocket or in his bank account to be involved in a money laundering ring," Galanter told reporters after the agents had left around 12:15 p.m.
Galanter said agents seized some satellite equipment Simpson had brought when he moved to Florida from California a year ago, but the equipment is legal.
Earlier Legal Problems
The incident was not Simpson's first with the law since he moved to the Kendall neighborhood 15 miles southwest of Miami.
Simpson was acquitted in a Miami trial Oct. 24 of grabbing another driver's glasses and scratching the man's face in a road-rage argument the former football star insisted was started by the other guy.
Simpson was also cleared of criminal charges in the 1994 slayings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman in Los Angeles, but a civil jury later ordered him to pay $33.5 million for their deaths.
He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, playing for the Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers.
Gallanter said Simpson was not angered by the search.
"He is used to this kind of thing," Gallanter said.
Published Wednesday, December 5, 2001
Headlines still trail Simpson
BY JAY WEAVER AND ANABELLE de GALE
adegale@herald.com
Drive-by rubber-neckers and gawkers tied up traffic for blocks. Helicopters hovered and swooped as dozens of reporters joined the crowd -- notebooks and beach chairs in hand. A row of 20-plus cameramen lined up.
Their subject: O.J. Simpson.
After moving to South Florida last year, the former football great/murder defendant hasn't avoided more headlines: girlfriend troubles, a road-rage trial, and on Tuesday, a federal raid on his Kendall home.
Hordes of journalists and what's-O.J.-up-to followers flocked to the five-bedroom, home he paid $575,000 for in September 2000.
A neighbor's lawn made for prime real estate. Space was tight and folks were territorial. Move, and there goes your spot. Six hours into the Simpson stakeout, hunger set in.
Hector's Lunch Wagon to the rescue.
``Not a bad day for business,'' said owner Hector Valls. ``Even the media has to eat.''
Four men inched by in a four-door black Volvo, windows rolled down and heads hanging out like puppy dogs. ``Leave him alone,'' they shouted.
IRONIC
Not likely. The irony is, O.J. moved here to run away from his troubles for a quieter life in a Miami suburb.
He left behind a famous and infamous past in Los Angeles, where he wore various identities: football hero, Hertz pitchman, sports commentator, actor and accused wife killer.
In 1995, a Los Angeles jury found him not guilty of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.
He then was sued in civil court for wrongful death by the victims' survivors, and was found liable for the killings and ordered to pay $33.5 million in damages.
Simpson has said he cannot afford to pay.
He has said he scrapes on his monthly NFL pension: about $16,000, net. Daughter Sydney, 15, and son Justin, 13, are enrolled at exclusive Gulliver Schools in Coral Gables.
Simpson told The Herald before moving to Kendall that he just wanted to settle in as a father and homeowner.
``Now this misconception is that I was complicit in these murders, and it's a total lie. I didn't do it. I'm innocent. But I can't change myself because of that. Anyone who walks up to me in Miami, they see the same guy I was 10, 15 years ago.''
But notoriety seems to catch up with him wherever he goes, from the links to the bedroom.
In October 1999, a breathless O.J. Simpson called Miami-Dade's 911 hot line saying former Los Angeles Dodgers star Pedro Guerrero had taken Simpson's on-again, off-again girlfriend Christie Prody along on a two-day drug binge.
Again in May 2000, police were called to a row between Simpson and Prody at a hotel near Miami International Airport.
His latest brush with the law: A year ago, he was accused of snatching Jeffrey Pattinson's glasses during a traffic altercation and scratching Pattinson's face in the scuffle.
In October, a Miami-Dade Circuit Court jury acquitted Simpson of felony auto burglary and misdemeanor battery charges.
But Simpson hasn't slowed. O.J. sightings are common.
He drops his kids at their schools himself. Afterward, he often stops by Roasters 'N Toasters -- his neighborhood coffee and deli shop. He spends nights at the bar at Kendall's Bahama Breezes, at O'Casey's pub in Pinecrest or roaming Coconut Grove. ``I'm not into the South Beach scene,'' he says.
OFTEN SIGHTED
You can always count on finding him at one golf course or another -- he frequents many of Miami's country clubs. Among them: Deering Bay, Doral, Biltmore and Melreese.
Miami consultant and political strategist Ric Katz said O.J. fits right into a fly-by-night town like Miami.
``In Manhattan, he would be just one of thousands of personalities -- but not down here,'' said Katz, who moved from a Philadelphia suburb to Miami 42 years ago. ``If you have enough money, you can buy yourself [into Miami society.] These high rollers come in and people are razzle-dazzled by their glitter.''
But O.J. can't run away from his past -- and Miamians can't help but gawk.
``He will never be able to escape the glamour and glitter,'' Katz said. ``It's the greatest show on earth. Who doesn't like going to a circus?''
Federal agents search O.J.'s home in Kendall
BY LUISA YANEZ, ANABELLE DEGALE AND GAIL EPSTEIN NIEVES
gepstein@herald.com
O.J. Simpson -- often investigated but never convicted -- was at the center of controversy again Tuesday, after a horde of federal agents served a search warrant at his Kendall home seeking evidence relating to alleged drug sales, money laundering and the pilfering of satellite broadcasts.
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Simpson was not arrested during the predawn raid and his lawyer, Yale Galanter, said he did not expect the Hall of Fame running back to be charged.
At the same time, authorities unsealed two federal indictments charging 11 other people in connection with Operation X, a two-year investigation into peddling of the club-drug Ecstasy. The probe expanded to include alleged money laundering and satellite-dish fraud, authorities said.
Federal sources familiar with the case said that Simpson was not a target of the international probe but that agents stumbled across his voice in wire-tapped conversations and during surveillance.
The sources said that Simpson was heard on several occasions talking with a suspected trafficker about buying Ecstasy for himself and his ``lady friends.'' Ecstasy can enhance sexual performance for some people.
There was no immediate indication, however, that federal agents had caught Simpson, 54, actually buying or possessing the drugs.
THE CONVERSATIONS
Galanter said he hadn't heard the intercepted conversations. But he cast them in a much more benevolent light, saying that he understood ``O.J.'s name came up on a tape of someone else who is the focus of the investigation.''
FBI spokeswoman Judy Orihuela declined to characterize Simpson's status as a suspect, citing the ongoing investigation. A federal judge sealed from public view the search warrant and supporting documentation for Simpson's house, 9450 SW 112th St.
``We can't talk about the warrant or say what we were looking for,'' Orihuela said. ``Not even Mr. Simpson knows what we were looking for.''
But Galanter said no Ecstasy pills or other drugs were seized during the seven-hour search of Simpson's home. He denied categorically that Simpson uses illegal drugs, though two law enforcement sources said ``traces'' of marijuana were found.
Galanter said his client -- a former football star who gets a National Football League pension -- is too cash poor to help anyone launder dirty money.
Galanter also told reporters gathered outside Simpson's house that the only items that FBI agents removed from inside were two boxes of satellite television equipment that Simpson brought to Miami from Los Angeles.
Signal theft is a growing crime. It involves the manufacture and sale of specially programmed -- but illicit -- satellite reception cards to view DirecTV satellite broadcasts without paying any fees.
``But we all know that this warrant was not about satellite dishes,'' Galanter said, in an apparent reference to Simpson's history of brushes with the law.
JURY ACQUITTAL
The raid happened one year after Simpson was criminally charged in connection with a heated traffic dispute. A Miami-Dade jury acquitted him just over a month ago on charges of felony auto burglary and misdemeanor battery.
And in 1995, a California jury acquitted him of killing his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. However, a civil jury later found him liable in the slayings and ordered him to pay $33.5 million.
In sworn court documents, FBI Agent Christopher Piersza outlined an extensive investigation into a South Beach-based Ecstasy ring whose members allegedly sold thousands of illicit pills and laundered about $800,000 in drug proceeds that were destined for Holland, the heart of the Ecstasy trade.
HEAVY SURVEILLANCE
The probe included the use of confidential informants, extensive surveillance, undercover agents posing as drug dealers and money laundering through fake bank accounts in the Cayman Islands. One defendant -- Jose Diogo Theriaga -- bragged about having laundered millions of dollars.
By day's end, a total of nine search warrants were served at homes across Miami-Dade. They included two units of The Floridian apartments at 650 West Ave. in Miami Beach, where agents carted out computers, papers, a safe and a plastic bag stuffed with $50 bills.
Officials said 10 people were in custody -- nine in Miami and one in Chicago -- and Theriaga remains at large in Brazil.
They were identified as: Carlos Braga Jr., 34; John Thorburn, 32; Andrew Anderson, 33; Phillippe Gornail Jr., 30; Orlando Mena, 30; Susana Jimenez, 35; Mark Nowakowski, 44; Gerald Lenz, 37; Eric Hinz, 37; Zenida Galvez, no age given. They are scheduled to have court appearances today.
Braga allegedly had 8,000 Ecstasy pills in his possession when he was arrested. Orihuela said they had a street value of about $160,000.
On Tuesday, federal agents said they had confiscated a total of $228,000 in cash from three locations related to the investigation.
The search of Simpson's home started about 6 a.m. Tuesday when Miami-Dade police and Florida Highway Patrol troopers knocked on his door. Clad in a white bathrobe and slippers, Simpson cooperated, allowing in a procession of FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration agents who parked in the circular driveway of his ranch-style home.
Minutes later, an animated Simpson could be seen from the street in his back pool area talking to agents. He later drove away in his black Lincoln Navigator, declining to speak with reporters.
Just after 7 a.m. Simpson's children, Justin and Sydney, carrying book bags, got into a car driven by a friend of Simpson, apparently headed for school.
The news of a search at Simpson's residents brought dozens of national and local reporters and television trucks to the block, causing a massive morning rush-hour traffic jam on two-lane Southwest 112th Street, near Killian High School.
It's really nothing special, seeing the guy. There he is shopping at Wicker House furniture near the Falls, or nibbling on pasta at Perricone's Marketplace off Brickell Avenue, or having his picture taken at a charity auction held at the Hotel Inter-Continental. Since he moved here for good last August, it's common to see him trolling the Grove in search of a good time, a good meal, and no doubt a good woman. He's just another middle-age guy with a past, trying to start life over in Miami.
Which may explain why O.J. Simpson is so welcome here. South Floridians cheer the infamous football star almost everywhere he goes. And he goes almost everywhere. Whereas Miami's most recent celebrities rarely left their heavily fortified compounds, and then only to sequester themselves in the VIP room of some South Beach club, 53-year-old Simpson is out on the street, mingling freely among his many admirers. While anyone who spends time here will run into him eventually -- dining on jumbos at Joe's Stone Crab or strolling through the South Miami art festival while enjoying a fat cigar and the company of a beautiful blonde -- there are some places the tourist can go to increase the odds of a sighting.
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Gulliver Academy
12595 Red Rd.
Coral Gables
Now that he's a full-time single parent, Simpson's daily routine revolves around his kids. Most weekday mornings he can be found behind the wheel of his SUV -- black nowadays -- blasting Boyz II Men on the CD player as he drives his kids to the Gulliver Schools, one of Miami's most elite private education academies. First he drops off Justin at Gulliver Prep in Pinecrest, and then he swings over to Coral Gables to drop off Sydney at the middle school. His kids enjoy an eight-to-one student-teacher ratio at Gulliver. Famous alumni include the children of Jeb Bush, Julio Iglesias, and Gloria Estefan. Simpson ruffles few feathers on campus. "He keeps a pretty low profile," says one Gulliver parent.
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FBI, DEA search O.J. Simpson's Miami home
Wednesday, December 5, 2001
By KEN THOMAS, Associated Press
MIAMI Federal agents searched O.J. Simpson's home for more than six hours Tuesday as part of an investigation into an Ecstasy drug ring also suspected of laundering money and stealing satellite TV equipment.
Nine people were arrested in Miami and two in Chicago as part of Operation X, FBI spokeswoman Judy Orihuela said. Simpson was not among those arrested, and the FBI refused to discuss why he was involved.
Yale Galanter, left, attorney for O. J. Simpson and an unidentified FBI agent stand outside Simpson's house Tuesday in the Kendall neighborhood of Miami. Authorities searched Simpson's home for more than six hours as part of an investigation into an Ecstasy drug ring, the theft of equipment used to steal satellite television signals and money laundering. Alan Diaz/AP
Simpson's attorney, Yale Galanter, said no drugs or large amounts of money were found at the home and that his client had done nothing wrong. He said two boxes removed from the home contained legal satellite television equipment.
"I can assure you Mr. Simpson does not have enough money in his pocket or in his bank account to be involved in a money laundering ring," Galanter told reporters.
He said Simpson's only connection to the case is that his name was mentioned in a phone conversation involving some members of the ring that was taped by federal authorities. He said Simpson has no involvement in the ring, doesn't believe he knows the people involved and doesn't know why his name was mentioned.
Nine other homes in Miami were also searched by authorities.
Simpson was at home when agents arrived at about 6 a.m. In video shot by a helicopter, the former football star could be seen in his back yard, wearing a white bathrobe and playing with his dogs during the search.
About two hours later, Simpson left alone in his black Lincoln Navigator sports utility vehicle without speaking to reporters. He declined comment when contacted at home by The Associated Press.
Orihuela said the drug ring imported Ecstasy from Holland and stole equipment used to counterfeit cards that activate satellite TV receivers. She said the ring laundered about $800,000 and that one of the suspected ringleaders remains at large, probably in Brazil.
Federal authorities said Carlos Alberto Braga, Jr., 34, of Miami Beach, Eric Hinz, 37, of Miami Beach, and Jose Diogo Theriaga, the Brazilian still at large, were indicted on charges of laundering and conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, possession of Ecstasy and conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute the drug. If convicted, the defendants face up to 20 years in prison and fines.
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A total of 9 people were arrested on the Ecstasy charges. The unsealed indictment says Theriaga laundered more than $848,000 beginning in August 1999 to smuggle the drugs. He once told undercover agents that he and an accomplice had stashed $7 million in two safes at their Miami Beach apartment building.
Orihuela said Braga was arrested in Miami Beach after selling undercover agents 8,000 tablets of Ecstasy valued at $160,000. Hinz and another man were arrested in Chicago carrying $75,000 in cash, she said.
Ecstasy is a high-power stimulant that enhances the senses and can cause hallucinations.
Simpson moved to Florida from California after a civil court jury ordered him to pay $33.5 million for the 1994 slayings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman in Los Angeles. He had earlier been cleared of criminal charges.
The search Tuesday caused a commotion outside Simpson's tan 4-bedroom home lined with palm trees and topped with a Spanish-tiled roof.
Some drivers in the Kendall neighborhood asked reporters "What did he do now?" while others chanted "Leave him alone." Records show Simpson bought the 4,343 square foot home in September 2000 for $575,000.
It wasn't Simpson's first brush with the law since he moved to the neighborhood 15 miles southwest of Miami. He was acquitted in October of grabbing another driver's glasses and scratching the man's face during a road-rage argument.
Simpson was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame after playing for the Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers.
Galanter said Simpson was not angered by the FBI search.
"He is used to this kind of thing," Galanter said.
Grand juror arrested after tipping off drug suspect; denies calling O.J. Simpson
By DAVID GREEN and LUISA YANEZ
dgreen@herald.com
A federal grand juror has been arrested and charged with tipping off a target in a major Ecstasy drug ring investigation one week before the indictment was unsealed, two law enforcement sources told The Herald.
As a result of the tip, investigators say, other targets of the probe were warned about the looming indictment.
John Acosta, 31, admitted tipping off a woman, Zenaida Galvez, 35, who was subsequently arrested, but he denies he called former Hall of Fame running back O.J. Simpson, whose lawyer told reporters that he knew about the indictments the day before.
Nevertheless, the sources say, Acosta's call to Galvez on Nov. 27 led to a chain of calls to other possible targets.
``Acosta advised Galvez that she and other co-defendants were named in a federal drug indictment that had been presented to the grand jury on Nov. 27, 2001,'' according to a complaint by FBI agent David Magnuson.
The FBI found out after some of those indicted told agents that they had been expecting the government's arrival. One of those who got tipped off was a massage parlor owner who was recorded discussing Ecstasy sales with Simpson, law enforcement sources said.
Simpson has vehemently denied any wrongdoing.
On Friday, agents interviewed Acosta at his work and asked him if he warned anyone about the grand jury proceedings, which are secret until an indictment is made public. Acosta denied warning anyone, and was then arrested.
According to agent Magnuson, only after Acosta was arrested and read his Miranda Rights against self-incrimination, did he acknowledge his error.
``After his arrest, Acosta spontaneously stated twice - he wanted to change his story,'' Magnuson wrote.
Acosta is scheduled to appear this afternoon before a federal magistrate. He is charged with obstruction of justice and faces up to 10 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine.
According to the sources, Acosta is friends with Galvez's boyfriend and allegedly tipped them off.
Acosta was one of the grand jurors who listened to witnesses and taped conversations of a two-year probe into Ecstasy sales, theft of satellite television software and money laundering.
Simpson had come into the radar of agents after he was captured on wiretaps talking to a massage parlor owner and major player in the alleged drug ring -- Andrew Anderson, 33, whose real name is Adrian Alwyn Burke -- about buying Ecstasy.
Last week, Simpson's attorney, Yale Galanter, said outside Simpson's home the day of the raid that he had received a call alerting him of the predawn federal roundup. Galanter would not say if he had passed on the information to his client.
Also indicted last week: alleged ringleader Carlos Braga, 34, of Brazil; John Thorburn, 32, of Miami Shores; Orlando Mena, 30, of Miami; Phillippe Gornail, 30, of Kendall; Susan Jimenez, 35, of Miami; Mark Nowakowski, 44, of Miami Beach and Toledo, Ohio.
Eleven Indicted In Operation X
Although the search of O.J. Simpson's home grabbed all the headlines, 11 people were indicted in an extensive two-year drug smuggling and money laundering operation.
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Nine of those indicted were from South Florida.
Agents took the men and women into custody Tuesday in North Miami Beach. Two others were booked in Chicago.
All of them were indicted for their alleged connection to a drug ring that officers say brought in ecstasy from Holland to Miami Beach.
Agents say the ring also laundered about $800,000.
Suspect May Have Worked At Sexual Massage Business
Federal agents were also swarming around an alleged sexual massage business Tuesday.
One of the suspects in Operation X, Andrew Anderson, may have worked at Euphoria in southwest Miami-Dade County.
Other business owners in the area say lately they've been seeing a lot of activity there at night.
They also say at least a dozen FBI (news - web sites) agents were searching the building Tuesday morning.
"They went inside and were wearing masks and gloves. We thought it was anthrax -- they looked really worried," Elias Baqero said.
Channel 10 has learned that Andrew Anderson may have lived in that office space. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison.
Two Boxes Taken From Simpson Home
O.J. Simpson is no stranger to publicity and the latest chapter in his life in front of the media began early Tuesday morning.
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More than a dozen FBI (news - web sites) agents spent six hours searching Simpson's Kendall home as part of a two-year investigation called Operation X. That investigation is looking into ecstasy smuggling and distribution and money laundering.
Just what the agents were looking for at the former football great's home remains part of a sealed affidavit.
"It's sealed because it's a continuing operation. It's a fluid investigation as we speak. There are still things going on. So for the sake of the investigation we have to keep parts of it under seal," FBI spokeswoman Judy Orihuela said.
Simpson's attorney Yale Galanter says his client doesn't have anything to do with drugs.
"He has never been and never will be involved in any type of illegal drug use, dealing or sale," Galanter (pictured, left) said.
The attorney said that the only things removed from the home were two boxes of satellite equipment. That seizure grabbed attention because agents say that they discovered a satellite television scheme as part of an offshoot of Operation X.
Galanter said the equipment taken from his client's home was all legal.
Galanter also said that Simpson got caught up in the investigation when his name was mentioned by drug dealers during a taped conversation.
"His name just popped up. It wasn't his voice, it was his name. Because Mr. Simpson is Mr. Simpson and he enjoyed the notoriety that he did, I am assuming that that's why this investigation was had. The investigation turned up nothing," Galanter said.
Sources tell Channel 10 that based on those taped conversations; agents believe that Simpson may have played a larger role, perhaps on the money side of the operation.
"I don't think anybody who knows Mr. Simpson's lifestyle ... would believe that O.J. Simpson's a money launderer," Galanter said.