Your Friendly Neighborhood Drug Dealer
I found this sentence interesting -  I surmised that Viktor serves a large segment of the East
  Coast and personally takes in $24,000 to $32,000 per month
  after all his other costs are covered.

Let's say he takes in an average of $30,000 per month. Does $360,000 annually sound like quite a small amount of money for running a highly illegal business that serves a large chunk of the East Coast?Small-to-medium sized business owners, Wall Street traders, quants and very good engineers make that much money with none of the associated risk.