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In 1972, Tham was charged with conspiring with "convicted labor racketeer
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On another occasion, Tham was photographed in San
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In 1989, Tham was indicted, along with Abe
Chalupowitz (also known as Abe Chapman), a self-described "mob assassin of the 1930s" and convicted drug dealer, and Federal District Court Judge,
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Tham was also known to have dealings with overseas criminals. In a 1979 Australian news article, for example, it was found that Tham had dealings with
Australian underworld figures such as
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America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Michael Rudy Tham, Defendant-appellant.
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Ovid Demaris. "The Last Mafioso - Part 2: Presser Helps Mafia Set Up Dental Program in Warren".
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