The recent saga of Michael Persico the businessman son of imprisoned Colombo crime family boss Carmine “Junior” Persico continues as his sentencing has once again been delayed. He was slated to be sentenced this week after agreeing to a very favorable plea deal back in 2012 that covered various racketeering crimes and murders. According … [Read more…]
Bradford Wedra was busted months ago along with over 40 alleged members and associates of the mafia in what the feds claim was an East Coast La Cosa Nostra Enterprise. Members from four of the five New York mafia families which included the Genovese, Bonanno, Gambino, and Lucchese families and the Philadelphia mafia were … [Read more…]
According to reports, the feds have both audio and video evidence against key figures of what they have labeled as the East Coast La Cosa Nostra Enterprise. The four and a half year investigation produced a mountain of evidence including recordings from a turncoat inside the organization which has been identified as John “J.R.” … [Read more…]
The latest target of federal indictments against the mafia is an alleged mob network being called the “East Coast LCN Enterprise” by the feds. According to the feds, the Cosa Nostra network controlled a multitude of criminal activities spanning from Florida to New York. Prosecutors claim it included members of the major New York … [Read more…]
Carmine Avellino a longtime Lucchese crime family capo has agreed to a plea deal according to reports and now faces up to 33 months behind bars. The reputed mobster was charged with extortion and turned down previous plea deal offers insisting on going to trial. Avellino had a change of heart it seems but … [Read more…]
Lucchese crime family mobster Daniel Capra plead guilty to two counts of extortion on Wednesday in Brooklyn federal court. The 58-year-old mobster along with his brother Michael who plead guilty last week threatened to beat up two men in an effort to collect an unpaid debt. According to prosecutors, they were working on orders … [Read more…]
Lucchese crime family mobster Michael Capra pleaded guilty to extortion charges and is now awaiting sentencing. He copped to threatening to beat down deadbeat debtors including an elderly victim in 2010 on behalf of the Lucchese family. He told Brooklyn federal court judge “I did threaten him with physical force if the debt was … [Read more…]
Twenty-two defendants which included reputed mobsters from four of the five New York mafia families were busted on drug,tax fraud, and illegal gambling charges. According to prosecutors, the mafia was part of a $15 million dollar cross-country weed distribution operation that ran from 2014-2015. Reputed Bonanno family mobster Richard Sinde was one of the … [Read more…]
Joseph Isgro a reputed Gambino crime family mobster was given an offer from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office that he couldn’t refuse. The sweet plea deal allowed Isgro to plead guilty to misdemeanor gambling charges and received a conditional discharge on charges of money laundering but was sentenced to pay a $1000 fine. He … [Read more…]
John “Sonny” Franzese the former underboss of the Colombo crime family has been denied compassionate release consideration by a federal prison warden. Franzese has a long history in the New York mafia and has been an active and high-ranking members of the Colombo family for many years. He has been accused of committing so … [Read more…]
Anthony “Little Anthony” Pipitone a captain in the Bonanno crime family of the New York mafia is headed back to the slammer after a judge decided his sentence was fair. He was previously sentenced to two years in prison for violating the conditions of his probation that prohibited him from hanging out with his … [Read more…]
Vincent “Vinny TV” Badalamenti the former acting street boss of the Bonanno crime family is free at last after completing his three-year post-prison supervised release. Badalamenti was demoted by the New York mafia family after being caught up in a fed sting involving mob rat Hector Pagan. Six mobsters were caught on tape recorded … [Read more…]
According to prosecutors, six men have been busted for their roles in an illegal internet gambling operation tied to the New York mafia. The Lucchese crime family controlled operation involved hundreds of bettors and raked in over $13 million dollars from September 2015 until March of this year. The alleged ringleader Eugene Castelle is … [Read more…]
A multi-year investigation by the feds targeting the Genovese crime family has led charges against 18 individuals. Among those charged in the unsealed superseding indictment were Genovese family soldiers Steven Pastore and Robert DeBello and mafia associates Salvatore Delligatti and Ryan Ellis. The investigation targeted racketeering activities by members and associates of the New … [Read more…]
Bonanno crime family mobster turned rat Joseph Galante Jr. has been sentenced to 10 years behind bars for his role in a New York mob murder. Galante was part of the violent Queens-based mafia crew known as the Giannini Crew. In 1991, he helped get rid of the body of Thomas Sanjane a cocaine … [Read more…]