Meds, Mobs and Money: UCLA
We at TrojanWire like to knock UCLA off its moral high- horse whenever possible. Fortunately for us, UCLA has been making our job relatively easy. From Coach Neuheisel's questionable past to UCLA's Cadaver scandal, we've recently just had to sit back and watch Westwood tumble.
Now new allegations have surfaced claiming that the UCLA Medical Center received a $100,000 donation from a Japanese mob boss, after providing him and three other Japanese "yakuza" gangsters with liver transplants between 2000-2004. During that same period hundreds of Americans in the Los Angeles area died while awaiting liver transplants. According to the LA Times, the generous donation came from Tadamasa Goto, 65, ringleader of the Goto-gumi gang. A plaque on an entryway to a surgery office in the hospital reads,
"In grateful recognition of the Goto Research Fund established through the generosity of Mr. Tadamasa Goto."
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Posted by: rory at June 2, 2008 10:29 AM
I get "Yakuza" in blood red, but shouldn't the rest be in powder blue?
Posted by: Defender90 at June 2, 2008 10:53 AM
In a perfect world, Defender...in a perfect world.
Posted by: Frank at June 2, 2008 01:48 PM
I saw the picture, depicting the plaque at the entryway to a seventh-floor surgical office at UCLA MedCenter. What I thought was, if I could put a caption up for that picture- what would it be?
"Do you know how I know you're keeping it real? By keeping your Happy Thugs close by. That's how."
Posted by: tapout at June 2, 2008 06:15 PM
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