D'Arco defected on September 21, 1991, and became a government witness. In 1979, Abate went into semiretirement and Accetturo succeed him as boss of the New . [115][106][116] Some time after, Lastorino was appointed consigliere of the family. Underboss Tommy Lucchese took over what was now called the Lucchese crime family. [142] Mancione died in 2013. This structure provided a backbone for organized crime in America, and it strengthened the power of the Five Families by awarding them permanent seats on the board. Life Magazine. In the mid-1960s, aspiring mobsters Vittorio "Vic" Amuso and Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso joined Furnari's crew. Andimo "Tony Noto" Pappadio was a former member of who controlled the Lucchese family's garment district racket. Domenico (Danny) Cutaia,suffering from Alzheimer's, given lighter sentence", "BOP: Federal Bureau of Prisons Web Site", Danny Cutaia Memorials Colonial Funeral Home SI, "A Detective Story Alleging Hit Men in Blue: Details of Hollywood Killing Helped Indict 2 Former NYPD Cops Long Suspected of Mob Ties", "Wife blames Pirro for murder case against DiSimone", "The mob murder at Rao's that was sparked by a song", "Mobbed up: Lower Hudson Valley's historical ties to La Cosa Nostra", "Big Mike DeSantis Makes A Big Time Move To The Top Of The Charts", "Supreme court of State of New York County of Westchester v Dominick Capelli", "Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos", L.I. His criminal record since 1911 consisted of: assault, burglary, swindling, homicide, embezzlement. [254] In 1956, Telvi was ordered by Dio to throw acid on New York journalist Victor Riesel for making radio and television broadcasts about labor union corruption. In 1995, Furnari started challenging the "no parole" stipulation of his sentence in court. [200] On September 5, 1930, Joe Pinzolo was murdered by Girolomo "Bobby Doyle" Santuccio. However, Chiodo did not ask Lucchese official boss Vittorio "Vic" Amuso and official underboss Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso for permission to take a plea. On February 5, 2002, DeFede was released from a Lexington, Kentucky prison medical center. DeFede provided details concerning the Garment District rackets and the protection rackets in Howard Beach, Queens. [39] He stayed in Florida and was under government surveillance. In the late 1990s, Michael Blutrich, the owner of Scores (a strip club franchise) became a government informant and identified Urgitano as a caporegime in the Lucchese family. Casso opted to become Furnari's aide; a consigliere is allowed to have one soldier work directly for him. [288] Pennisi was a member of the Lucchese family's Brooklyn faction that operated from Tottenville, Staten Island. in English from Southeast Missouri State University and an M.A. Furnari operated his crew in Bensonhurst at the 19th Hole, a nondescript bar and mob social club. A close friend and handball partner of Lucchese leader Vittorio "Vic" Amuso, DeFede was inducted into the family in 1986 after Amuso became boss. [138] In 1987, the family's new boss Vic Amuso and Anthony Casso suspected Pappadio of skimming 15 million a year from the shakedown and loan sharking rackets in the garment district. He controlled gambling operations along with Aniello Migliore. [295] He began cooperating with the government, and continued to collect money from a loanshark debt and was dropped from the witness protection program. [62] In August 2005, he was released from prison. DeMeo and his caporegime Nino Gaggi decided to kill Brocchini in revenge and, knowing that they would never be given permission by the Lucchese family, decided to disguise Brocchini's murder as a robbery-gone-wrong. Furnari persuaded Corallo that either Amuso or Casso should become the new boss. In 1989, Chiodo became a caporegime in charge of funneling payoffs from Local 580 of the Ironworkers' Union to the Lucchese leadership. [115] Pagliarulo was imprisoned on the information and testimony of Frank Gioia Jr. who stated that Pagliarulo helped Louis Daidone plan the murder Bruno Facciola. At home, Balagula asked Casso to come help him. In 1991, Coco and his bingo partners were arrested. Chiodo realized that the government's case was so solid that he would likely die in prison if convicted. When they made DArco himself one of their targets, he became the first acting boss of a family to become a government informant. 3. Issue 1806. [80][81] In 2005, the FBI revealed that DiSimone and Lucchese soldier Daniel Latella had meetings in doctors' offices with Gambino family capo Greg DePalma. PHOENIX - A Prisoner of War bracelet from the 1970s has managed to unite a U.S. Navy veteran and an Air Force veteran on Mar. Pleading not guilty to the charges, Furnari was released on $1.75 million bail pending trial.[89]. [137] In the 1960s, Macaluso became partners with Lucchese mobster Andimo "Tony Noto" Pappadio in Ideal Trucking and in Garment Carriers Corporation. However, due to his testimony, Chiodo was to serve no time in prison and was placed in the Witness Protection Program. [2] In June 1976, Abate attended Anthony Accetturo's induction ceremony into the Lucchese family. He was a cousin to gangster Joseph Rao. [190] On August 13, 1993, they were all convicted of racketeering and both Thomas Ricciardi and Anthony Accetturo agreed to become government witnesses and testified against Taccetta and Perna. [4] In 1992, his daughter Catherine Abate was appointed New York City's new Correction Commissioner. The Boriello murder was allegedly performed with the assistance of Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa. [61] In 1995, Cutaia was indicted for extortion, loan sharking, and racketeering; in 1996, he pled guilty to extortionate extensions of credit and was sentenced to thirty months in prison. In 1994, Amuso was convicted of federal racketeering and murder charges and sent to prison for life. [71], Anthony "Ham" Delasco (sometimes spelled Dolasco) was a former boxer and capo in New Jersey. [11] Accardi later moved to Toronto, Canada, to oversee this operation. [115] His son Joseph "Torty Jr." later went on to control a drug operation in lower Manhattan. [198] Valachi also mentioned that after Pinzolo's assassination a meeting was held on Staten Island to uncover who was responsible for the murder. 1965) Annotate this Case US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 346 F.2d 5 (2d Cir. In July 2000, the Third Circuit Federal Court of Appeals ruled that the parole board officials had been denying Furnari's parole eligibility on the tainted assertions of mob turncoat Casso. [266][267] On February 2, 1993, the body of Frank Signorino, Chiodo's uncle, was found in the trunk of a car in East New York. It occurred in a time of heightened tension between some older Mafia membersmany of whom had immigrated to the United States and clung to the customs of Italy or, more specifically, Sicilyand the younger generation, who mostly grew up in the U.S. and were more willing to embrace American customs and business opportunities. [244] His son Joseph "Joey Cupcakes" Urgitano was arrested for murder of a Colombo family associate. Loria, along with his longtime partner Vincent Papa and his crew, are known as "The Men who Stole The French Connection". [184] In the 1960s, Pappadio became partners with Lucchese mobster Mariano Macaluso in Ideal Trucking and in Garment Carriers Corporation. [186] Government informant Al D'Arco suspected that Casso had arranged with Vic Orena Jr., son of the Colombo family acting boss, to use one of the Colombo family's-controlled funeral home for Pappadio's body. Philip Carlo, "Gaspipe: Confessions of a Mafia Boss," 2008, page 152. ", "Justice Story: How 'French Connection' heroin went missing from NYPD Property Clerk's Office: $70 million drug theft rocked city police department in 1972", "Further Developments in the 'French Connection' Case", "United States of America, Appellee, v. Vincent Papa, Defendant-Appellant (Argued September 23, 1975. He served as a capo, as the acting consigliere, and as the underboss on a ruling panel in the family. [3] In the 1950s, he took over The Jersey Crew after Settimo Accardi was deported. He is the uncle to Lucchese family soldier and union boss Anthony DiLapi. [284] The indictment charged Capri with the financial failure of Toby Keith and Rascal Flatts branded restaurants. [70] Correale ran a Lucchese family gambling club between Second Avenue and East 112th Street in East Harlem. [71] Valachi later revealed he recruited brothers Joseph and Pasquale Pagano and Fiore Siano to carry out the hit. In 1986, he served as consigliere for the Lucchese family while boss Anthony Corallo, Salvatore Santoro and Christopher Furnari were on trial in the Commission Case. In early 1986, while Furnari was awaiting the Commission trial, the Lucchese family uncovered a new, potentially lucrative racket. Furnari reigned as one of New York's top Mafia bosses throughout the early 1980s until his 1985 racketeering indictment. [15] Weeks later, on May 20, 1976, Brocchini was shot five times in the head in the office of his used car dealership in Woodside, Queens, where he conducted his day-to-day operations, by Roy DeMeo and Henry Borelli. Docket Number: 90-1311", "United States v. Migliore Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Filed: November 4th, 1996. Casso was captured in 1993. Another rare photo from the wedding of John (Junior) Gotti shows (l. to r.) Joseph Albanese, John (Junior) Gotti, Carmine Agnello, Jackie D'Amico and Peter Gotti in 1990. 19741979: Vincent "Vinnie Beans" Foceri: In 2005 and 2006, a fictionalized version of. 32)", "ACCARDI IS HELD IN $500,000 BAIL; Narcotics Figure Returned From Italy After 8 Years $92,500 Bail Forfeited Wife Joins Husband", "Big Sam Accardi Convicted Of Violating Narcotics Law", Joseph Brocchini "Too Tough For His Own Good", DirtyBook Store Run by Police Gains Indictment of 18 Here on Pornography, The King Is Dead; Long Live The Smut Empire, Mobsters Skim New York City Sex Industry Profits, "Mobsters to state: You talkin' to us? DeFede's rise and fall in the New York mob can all be attributed to Amuso. [300] In 1993, Suppa was indicted along with others on charges that they conspired to distribute up to 1,650 pounds of cocaine in the United States. [245], Michael "Mikey Muscles" DiCarlo (died May 16, 1978) was an associate from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. In 1991, Pagliarulo served as a member of a panel that conducted a Lucchese crime family induction ceremony in Howard Beach, Queens. [201] This allowed Gaetano Gagliano to become boss of the family. He died during the early 1970s. On February 25, 1985, Furnari was indicted in the Mafia Commission case, the most comprehensive Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) prosecution brought against the mob at the time. Capozallo suffered wounds to the arm, back and neck but survived. He was implicated along with Papa, Anthony Passero, Virgil Alessi and Frank D'Amato in the New York Police Department scandal, in which over $70 million worth of drugs seized during the French Connection operation was stolen from the police property room. [92], It didn't take long for word on the street to reach the Russian underworld: Marat Balagula was paying off the Italians; Balagula was a punk; Balagula had no balls. [57][64] On October 25, 2009, Cutaia was sentenced to 39 months in federal prison for bank fraud. On June 20, 2007, the court denied his petition. [145] He served as a union delegate in the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, controlled Local 295 and owned two trucking companies: LVF Air Cargo, Inc., and LVF Airport Service Inc. at JFK Airport. Furnari was released from a prison hospital in Minnesota on September 19, 2014, after serving 28 years. [192] Michael J. Perna died on October 28, 2020. As with the other families and organized crime in general, depictions of the Lucchese family in popular culture are many, with varying degrees of accuracy. From 1986 to 1988, Caravaggio was one of the twenty defendants in the 21-month-long trial of Lucchese crime family's New Jersey faction. During the 1980s Kaplan was the go-between for Lucchese crime family underboss Anthony Casso and NYPD Detectives Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa. [201] All the members of the Reina family held a meeting on Staten Island to determine who murdered Pinzolo, but nothing came of that meeting because everyone remained silent. Reznikov pushed a 9mm Beretta handgun against Balagula's skull and demanded $600,000 and a percentage of Balagula's rackets. The Lucchese Family is one of the notorious "five families" of the Italian-American Mafia, each with its own territory, set up to control criminal activities in New York City. When asked what prompted this transformation, Chiodo replied "I was shot 12 times". [180] On October 25, 1988, Sarecho Nalo was murdered, while on the phone with Greek crew boss Spiro Velentzas disputing gambling territory when Michael Spinelli pulled the trigger shotting him. Papa's infamous theft became famous after the movie French Connection II. [201], Vincenzo "Vincent" John Rao (June 21, 1898 Palermo, Sicily September 25, 1988),[202] also known as Vincent or Vinny, was a former Consigliere in the family. [294], Vincent "Vinny Baldy" Salanardi is a former soldier of the Vario crew who became a government informant. Corallo used his Jaguar with a phone inside and talked to mostly Santoro on the phone while he was driving around in New York with his chauffeur Aniello Migliore. [6] In 1994, Joseph Abate died of natural causes. The nationwide alliance is collectively referred to as La Cosa Nostra (Our Affair or Our Thing) or the Mafia. [74] On February 4, 1990, D'Arco shot DiLapi to death in his Hollywood, California apartment building's underground garage. [219] Santoro gained a reputation as a labor racketeer and worked with consigliere Christopher Furnari and other top capos in the family. The new owner, Stephen Paskind, served as the front owner of the company; while claiming he controlled 84% he actually only had 42%. [234] In October 2003, Truscello pled guilty to federal extortion charges. [124] In 1929, he was arrested on bootlegging, narcotics and robbery. NBC).[252][253]. Suspecting Chiodo was about to turn informer, Amuso and Casso ordered him killed. By Gunmen Waiting Outside Home", "United States of America, Appellee, v. Andimo Pappadio, Defendant-appellant, 346 F.2d 5 (2d Cir. [263], Chiodo had anticipated that he was in Amuso and Casso's bad books; he knew that Amuso and Casso had a habit of "marking guys rats and killing them". [146] Manzo also owned Villa Capra, a restaurant in Cedarhurst, New York, where he conducted illegal activities. [291], Thomas "Tommy Boy" Ricciardi is a former soldier who is currently in witness protection. [164][165] In November 1986, The New York Times reported Migliore, a captain and owner of a Queens marble business who also controlled gambling operations with Joe Lucchese (the brother of former boss Thomas Lucchese) replaced Anthony Corallo as the new boss of the Lucchese family, after Corallo was convicted during the Commission trial. She's a Chicago girl at heart, but she still misses living in a place with farms. New York (State). [293] Ricciardi was a member of Michael Taccetta's inner circle and controlled the group's illegal gambling operations. (1988). [190] During the second trial both Thomas Ricciardi and Anthony Accetturo agreed to become Government witnesses; they testified against Perna and Taccetta. Gotti. [88] Furnari was indicted as a result of a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) probe that used undercover surveillance and bugging techniques against the mob leaders. In the early 1980s, Anthony Corallo found a new way to discuss business without ever meeting his top underlings Santoro and Furnari. [30] Mancuso died in 1981. Corrections? [54], Domenico "Danny" Cutaia (November 22, 1936 August 14, 2018), born in East New York Brooklyn, was the capo of the Vario Crew operating from Brooklyn. [224] On January 13, 1987, Santoro was sentenced to 100 years in prison and fined $250,000. In 2013, Pennisi was made into the Lucchese family in a secret initiation ceremony in a basement of a Staten Island home by acting boss Matthew Madonna and capo John Castellucci. [190] He was released from prison on July 31, 2015. They originated in the early 1920's and beside the Castellammarese War, maintained a low profile under reign of mafia bosses Tommy . [243] Urgitano became a powerful mobster operating from Pleasant Avenue and eventually became the caporegime of the Harlem crew. Coco and Chicago Outfit members Dominic Cortina and Donald Angelini became silent partners in the company. He was . Correale controlled gambling and narcotics in East Harlem. December 2001 Manhattan prosecutors charge 12 reputed Lucchese crime family members, including six from Westchester, with conspiracy, assault and racketeering. [259][262] Doctors credited Chiodo's massive girth for saving his life; none of the slugs penetrated a vital organ or artery. [181] Papa was arrested on February 3, 1972, in a car parked on Bronxdale Avenue with Joseph DiNapoli in the back seat. [74] Casso ordered Burton Kaplan to use two NYPD detectives on his payroll, Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa, to track down DiLapi. We'll take care of the rest. Subcommittee on Departments of State. [54] In 1998, Cuomo was sentenced to four years in prison for making heroin sales in the pizzeria. Chiodo stated that he had undergone a "transformation" from a violent criminal to a man with a conscience. [188] In August 1988, Perna was acquitted in the 21-month trial along with the other twenty members of the New Jersey faction. [108] On August 24, 1990, Frank Lastorino, Louie Daidone and Richard Pagliarulo murdered Bruno Facciola. [104] In 1915, East Harlem's Italian lottery "king" Giosue Gallucci was murdered, allowing LaSalle and Tommaso Lomonte to take over the lottery games. The charges included extortion and labor racketeering within the construction industry and murder for hire of former Bonanno crime family boss Carmine "Lilo" Galante. Popular film portrayals of the family include The Godfather (1972) and GoodFellas (1990). [26] In 2004, the New Jersey Commission of Investigation stated that Cataldo was running illegal gambling operations in New Jersey. [274] George Frango married Irene, an immigrant from Syracuse, Italy and had three children: Georgia (1932), James (1935) and Donald (1938). Salvatore T. "Tom Mix" Santoro, Sr. (November 18, 1915 [216] January 2000)[217] served as underboss in the Lucchese crime family during the 1980s before being convicted in the Mafia Commission Trial and sentenced to 100 years in federal prison. Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. What we must avoid is trouble between us and the other families. [280] In 1942, Giannini was charged with heroin conspiracy and served fifteen months in prison. Robert Friedman, "Red Mafiya: How the Russian Mob has Invaded America," 2000. Goldstock, Ronald. In the 1920s, Abate served as an enforcer for Al Capone in Chicago before settling in New Jersey. [63] On February 28, 2008, Cutaia, his son Salvatore, his son-in-law John Baudanza, and former acting capo Michael Corcione were indicted on federal racketeering charges that included loansharking, extortionate collection of credit, extortion, marijuana distribution conspiracy, illegal gambling, bank fraud, and mail fraud for activities dating back to the 1980s. [5] She was confronted about her father's past and denied that he was ever involved in organized crime. [49] In December 1991, Coco died while awaiting trial on money laundering. DeFede entered and left the Witness Protection Program, moving to live in Florida under an assumed name. [84] Salvatore DiSimone died in October 2017. Just before the hit, he told D'Arco that he'd gotten word that "you and I are going to be killed and hurt".[264]. The defendants were arrested on February 25, 1985, on various charges, including labor racketeering, extortion, loansharking, illegal gambling and murder. United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress. According to Casso, "After that, Marat didn't have any problems with other Russians."[96]. [201] During the Castellammarese War, Rannelli continued working with Maranzano until he failed to murder Paul Gambino, the brother of Carlo Gambino, a Masseria family member and was demoted by Maranzano. [183] In 1977, Papa was stabbed to death in prison. His brother-in-law Alfred "Sonny" Scotti and others took over his operations. [174] Despite his wounds, Migliore survived. [74] On February 4, 1990, he shot DiLapi to death in his Hollywood, California apartment building's underground garage. In 1962, at age 38, Furnari became a made man in the Lucchese family. In contrast, Furnari belonged to the less influential Brooklyn faction. In 1956, Furnari was released from prison on parole. The State Investigation Commission charged in 1970 that his pornography businesses had grossed $1.5 million a year. The Mafia in New York discovered that Giannini was an informer and ordered his murder. On February 15, 2006, Furnari filed a habeas corpus petition in District Court claiming that the United States parole commission had improperly denied him parole. "Gangbusters: The Destruction of America's Last Great Mafia Dynasty". Lucchese Family For years, this family operated as a model organization under the fists of Tommy Gagliano and then Tommy Lucchese, longtime colleagues who paid their dues during the. However, Furnari could not use this as a defense argument. When Gagliano died in 1951, Thomas ("Tommy" or "Three-Finger Brown") Lucchese became boss and renamed the family. In 1958 he was arrested and tried for narcotics charges. In early 1990, Vic Amuso and Anthony Casso ordered D'Arco to kill Anthony DiLapi, a soldier who was in hiding. [106] He sponsored both Gregory "Whitey" Cappello and Jody Calabrese for membership during the ceremony. His naturalization was revoked on July 10, 1953, because he had not disclosed two previous arrests during his naturalization hearing.[10]. That was enough to convince Amuso that DeFede had been skimming profits; Amuso reportedly decided to have him murdered. Furnari was the only defendant to be granted early release by the U.S. Parole Commission, most likely relating to the weak evidence behind his murder conviction. Here are Mafia Family Leadership charts for most of the Mafia families that are still active across the United States. [181] He is buried in St. John's Cemetery in Queens. Page 7", "Body Found and 2d Is Sought As Convicted Mobsters Talk", "26 Indicted on Charge of Running Organized-Crime Group in Jersey", "F.B.I. [124] In 1935, he was arrested on illegal alcohol trafficking and narcotic trafficking. [182] In 1975, Papa was convicted and sent to the Atlanta Federal Prison in Atlanta, Georgia. [290] In 1928, after Valachi was released from prison Petrilli introduced him to Girolama "Bobby Doyle" Santucci and Tom Gagliano. Coco continued to operate as a capo under Tramunti, with criminal activities in New York and Florida that kept him under strict government watch. Joseph "Little Joe" D'Arco is a former soldier who is currently in witness protection, as had his father, former acting boss Alphonse D'Arco, until his death. Lucchese then promoted Santoro to capo of the family's powerful Bronx faction. Apr 1, 2001. [296] In March 2006, Salanardi was sentenced to 11 years and three months in prison. The Five Families refers to five major New York City organized crime families of the Italian American Mafia formed in 1931 by Salvatore Maranzano following his victory in the Castellammarese War.. Maranzano reorganized the Italian American gangs in New York City into the Maranzano, Profaci, Mangano, Luciano, and Gagliano families, which are now known as the Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese . The body displayed several gunshot wounds to the head. [283], On February 5, 2020, Frank Capri and his mother Debbie Corvo were indicted on charges of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with the operation of various branded restaurant locations in Arizona and across the United States. [41] In July 1967, family boss Thomas Lucchese died and Coco became a candidate to become the new boss. [153], Manzo was released from prison in 1994. [56] Cuomo's pizzeria "Ray's Pizza" was later sold for almost $6 million. [219], When Santoro was released from prison in 1978 he took over as underboss, continuing to oversee the powerful Bronx faction of the family. Anthony "Tony" Loria Sr., also known as "Tony Aboudamita", was a mobster who played a major role in the French Connection heroin scandal. [48] Coco later resigned and continued to operate in New York and Florida. [20] In August 1997, Caravaggio, along with other members of the Lucchese family's New Jersey faction, was indicted and charged with racketeering, loan-sharking and gambling. [277] Hoffa was then dismembered by Coonan, Sullivan, and Frankos. [59] He later took over as capo of Vario's crew in Brooklyn. Mobsters from every New York crime family conducted business in the club and socialized over food and drink. 1965)", "First flipped mob boss' bloody beginnings", "Large living, small income key in Perna mob case", "2 Top New Jersey Crime Figures Admit Juror Bribery in U.S. [91] According to one former associate, The LCN reminded Marat of the apparatchiks in the Soviet Union. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). [212][213] In 1933, he was one of the individuals arrested in New York City in connection with the murder of John Bazzano, who was the boss of the Pittsburgh crime family at the time. [33] In the 1940s, Coco worked with James Plumeri, Frank Palermo, Harry Segal and Felix Bocchicchio for soldier Frankie Carbo, in a group known as "The Combination", an arm of Murder, Inc.[32] which acted as boxing promoters; the group was accused of fixing matches. At a meeting in Furnari's home, Furnari, Amuso and Casso all agreed that Amuso should succeed Corallo as boss. Patrick Louis "Patty" Testa (March 11, 1957 December 2, 1992) was a soldier. [3] He moved to Margate, New Jersey and served as a liaison between families in New Jersey until 1989 when he retired from Mafia affairs. [30], Frank Manzo (February 2, 1925 October 23, 2012), also known as "Francesco Manzo", "Frank Manse", and "Frankie the Wop", was a soldier in the Vario Crew who oversaw the family's interests at John F. Kennedy International Airport ("JFK") in Queens, New York. This page was last edited on 4 March 2023, at 10:02. Furnari controlled New York District Council 9, which represented 6,000 workers who painted and decorated hotels, bridges, and subway stations in New York. As capo Santoro operated out of East Harlem and the Bronx, controlling large heroin drug trafficking operations during the 1950s. The charges also involved the execution of Bonanno crime family de facto boss Carmine Galante in 1979, allegedly on the orders of the Commission because they saw Galante as a potential rival who planned to take over all organized crime operations in the New York area. Michael "Mike Valentino" Russo (November 23, 1893[210] - March 1975)[211] was a long-time soldier of the Lucchese crime family New Jersey faction. In 1991, Chiodo was charged with violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) in the Windows case. He was expelled from the program for attempted bribery and assault a number of years later. [138] In 1986, after the Mafia Commission Trial, Macaluso became the new underboss. 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[282] Federal Prosecutor's credit Gioia Jr. with providing information and testimony against at least 70 mobsters in the Lucchese and Genovese crime families.
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