Jerry Capeci is considered a mob expert. He’s the founder and editor of the paid subscription website Gang Land News. This article was republished with permission. By Jerry Capeci Anthony Zoccolillo’s role as a co-star of the short-lived Mama’s Boys of the Bronx reality TV show was pretty much a flop. But there was applause…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Mobsters have a reputation for enjoying free things: TVs, Rolex watches, meals, computers. You name it. Still, it’s fair to assume, Emilio Fusco, a made man in the New York Genovese Crime Family, was none to happy when he got a free plane ride back to the U.S. from Italy —…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Mobster Anthony “Tony D” Palumbo of the Genovese crime family was sentenced Thursday in Manhattan federal court to 10 years in prison for “murder conspiracy” that included a plot to bump off a hitman for the Russian mob. Palumbo, a soldier and an “acting capo” in the Genovese family, pleaded guilty…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s office challenged allegations by a defense attorney that the government was involved in misconduct in a mob case in which a cooperating witness ran a prostitution ring that used a 15-year-old girl, the New York Times reported. The Times reported that the government, in a court filing…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The ex-acting Boss of the Genovese Organized Crime Family Daniel Leo “The Lion” was sentenced Tuesday in New York to 18 months in prison and ordered to forfeit $1.3 million in illegal proceeds. Leo pleaded guilty in January to conspiracy and participation in the affairs of the Genovese Organized Crime Family…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The New York U.S. Attorney’s Office continues to hammer away at the Genovese Organized Crime Family. The office on Wednesday announced the indictment of former acting boss Arthur Nigro and made member Anthony Arillota on racketeering crimes including the 2003 murder of Adolfo Bruno, a member of the crime family who…
