Another Colombo Family Persico set for prison
Another son of legendary mob boss Carmine “The Snake” Persico is set to start a prison sentence for his mob ties. Michael Persico is set to join his father Carmine and his brother Alphonse “Allie...
View ArticleSicilian Mafia boss Toto Riina plotted to kill Rudy Giuliani
Back in the mid-1980′s a plot was formed by then Sicilian mafia boss of bosses Toto “The Beast” Riina to assassinate the former mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani. At the time Giuliani was working as a...
View ArticleDefense mounts attack in Scarfo FirstPlus racketeering trial
Defense team for reputed Lucchese crime family soldier Nicodemo Scarfo Jr and associate Salvatore Pelullo in the FirstPlus Financial racketeering trial went on the offensive. Prosecutors claim that...
View ArticleColombo family capo turned rat Maragni wants another break
Former Colombo crime family rat Reynold Maragni who received a soft sentence for crimes he committed while working as an informant wants yet another break. The mobster was doing his part for the feds...
View ArticleBonanno family associate Hector Pagan has been a rat since 2006
Former Bonanno crime family associate Hector Pagan took stand as the governments key witness against mafia wannabes Richard Riccardi and Luigi Grasso. Riccardi and Grasso are on trial for the murder...
View ArticleGenovese family capo Anthony Arillotta sentenced to 99 months in Bruno murder...
Former Genovese crime family capo turned rat Anthony “Bingy” Arillotta was sentenced to only 99 months in prison for mafia crimes including two murders and three attempted murders among others. He...
View ArticleThomas Gioeli former Colombo family boss sentenced to 18 years
Thomas “Tommy Shots” Gioeli the former acting boss of the Colombo crime family was sentenced to 18 years in prison for multiple murder and racketeering conspiracy raps. Back in 2012 Gioeli was...
View ArticleColombo family union scheme busted up by feds
Feds have charged five individuals with alleged links to the Colombo crime family for their roles in a scheme to defraud New York’s Newspaper and Mail Deliverers Union. As part of the scheme the men...
View ArticleBonanno family unrest surfaces after latest convictions
Seems that alleged Bonanno crime family acting boss Thomas “Tommy D” DiFiore believes family captain Vincent Asaro is responsible for his recent arrest. In court documents filed by DiFiore’s lawyer...
View ArticleGambino family soldier Oreste Abbamonte gets five year sentence
Longtime Gambino crime family solider Oreste “Ernie Boy” Abbamonte has been sentenced to five years in prison for extortion of a local contractor. The 65 year old wiseguy agreed to a plea deal after...
View ArticleJoey Merlino fingered for 1989 Mafia hit by former FBI agent
Back in 1989 Nicodemo S. Scarfo also known as “Nicky Jr” was shot several times by a masked gunman in an attempted mafia hit in South Philadelphia. Nicky Jr’s father Nicodemo “Little Nicky” Scarfo...
View ArticleAlicia DiMichele withdraws guilty plea and quits Mob Wives
Alicia DiMichele the wife of alleged Colombo crime family enforcer Edward “Tall Guy” Garofalo, Jr. has resigned from the hit reality TV series “Mob Wives”. The sexy reality star also withdrew her...
View ArticleColombo mobster Dino Saracino sentenced to 50 years
Dino “Little Dino” Saracino was sentenced to 50 years in prison by Federal Judge Brian Cogan. Saracino was believed to have earned his button (introduction into the mafia) by carrying out the 1997...
View ArticleGenovese family mobster Carmine Franco gets pre-sentencing support
Carmine “Papa Smurf” Franco a reputed mobster in the Genovese crime family of the New York Mafia is facing 27 to 33 months in prison although some are pushing for a much lighter sentence. As part of...
View ArticleDirty Bonanno family rat Frank Fiordino could cost prosecutors Bobby Vernace...
Francesco Fiordino a former Bonanno crime family mobster turned rat has admitted to being involved in illegal gambling and debt collections for people he owed money while testifying for prosecutors...
View ArticleLucchese mobster Avellino charged with ordering mob beat down
Carmine Avellino a reputed captain in the Lucchese crime family has been charged with sending mob goons to assault a non paying deadbeat. Prosecutors claim that brothers Daniel Capra and Michael...
View ArticleCarmine Avellino reputed Lucchese family Capo back on streets
Carmine Avellino a reputed captain in the Lucchese crime family is out on bail after being indicted on extortion charges. The 70 year old alleged wiseguy was released on Monday after one of his...
View ArticleGambino family capo Bobby Vernace sentenced to life in prison
Bartolomeo “Bobby” Versace has been sentenced to life in prison plus 10 years for the murder of two Queens bar owners back in 1981. A captain in the Gambino crime family and once a member of the...
View ArticleMafia snitch Anthony Zoccolillo bags Genovese mobster Uncle Patty for...
Anthony “Mama’s Boy” Zoccolillo may have failed at his attempt to become an actor on his reality TV show “Mama’s Boy” but his work as a government snitch has been a success. He has now added two more...
View ArticleColombo Family Capo Theodore Persico sentenced to 12 years
Theodore “Teddy” Persico Jr has been sentenced to 12 years behind bars for ordering a hit on a mafia rival. Persico a Colombo crime family capo plead guilty to murder conspiracy for ordering the hit...
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