Naked Eye publisher charged wtih gangsterism and fraud

Masthead magazine has published an updated report on the arrest of the publisher of Naked Eye magazine.

Burton Rice, publisher of Naked Eye magazine, was arrested on June 3 after police raided a warehouse where, according to authorities, safes containing $3.4 million in cash were discovered. Rice, 34, has been charged with gangsterism, fraud exceeding $5,000, and conspiracy as part of a two-year investigation involving more than 600 officers from the Montreal force, the Sûreté du Québec, the RCMP and Kahnawake Mohawk Peacekeepers, dubbed “Project Machine.”