Favor for ‘Goodfellas’ actor Anthony Borgese gets Gambino soldier Joey Boy Orlando 51-month sentence

A reputed Gambino soldier was sentenced Wednesday to 51 months in prison for siccing two goons on a deadbeat as a favor to “Goodfellas” actor Anthony Borgese.
Joseph (Joey Boy) Orlando was secretly recorded by an informant, gleefully discussing the vicious beating, prosecutors said.
The victim, who was not identified, owed a large sum to an upstate [...]

Retired FBI Agent Recalls Inflitration of Gambino Crime Family

Joaquin “Jack” Garcia is not a professional actor, and yet his persuasive portrayal of a `wise guy’ led to numerous arrests of many high-level mafia soldiers in 2005.
In what the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) describes as one of the most successful undercover operations in its history, Special Agent Garcia infiltrated the renowned Gambino crime [...]

Richmond man accused of helping steal millions in Brooklyn bank heist

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A professional heist man from Richmond with ties to the Gambino crime family helped steal millions from a bank in Brooklyn a year ago, only to be done in by some blood he left at the scene, federal and local authorities allege.
Afrim Kupa, 37, and a crew of burglars used a [...]

Officials sue two Island business owners charged in Gambino gambling ring

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Three months ago, the owners of two prominent Staten Island businesses — Top Tomato and Casale Tile — were criminally charged with spearheading a lucrative Gambino crime family gambling and loansharking ring.
Now, prosecutors want to take a financial bite out of them.
The state attorney general’s office has sued Carmine Sciandra, Benedetto [...]

Gotti ‘Thought He Was Dead Meat’

John Gotti Jr.’s fourth racketeering trial was a disaster for the prosecution, ending up in another mistrial. But he thought he was going to get convicted and wrote the judge at the onset of jury deliberations in November, griping about his rulings and his attorney’s refusal to let him testify during trial.
“He thought he [...]

Mafia Hit Man Trades Corpses for Art Canvas

Mob Killer Emerges from Dismembering, Ratting and Witness Protection at Outsider Art Fair

When Dominick Montiglio was only 2, his “Uncle Nino” — captain of the notorious Gambino crime family — banished the boy’s alcoholic father from his home and took on the role of surrogate and godfather.
Anthony ‘Nino’ Gaggi and his crew, headed by [...]

Fed stack the deck against a Junior Gambino hoodlum

It didn’t work against John (Junior) Gotti, but federal prosecutors in Manhattan are hoping it does the trick against a reputed junior Gambino hoodlum.
Call it stacking the deck by the so-called good guys – legally, of course. As they did against Gotti, prosecutors have added new charges to a racketeering case involving murder and the [...]

John ‘Junior’ Gotti finds new calling writing true crime stories

Junior wants to go from crime boss to crime writer.
Finished with the mob, John A. (Junior) Gotti said he wants to start a new career – writing true crime tales, his and others.
The second-generation mobster Friday night shared a sumptuous Italian meal with his winning legal team, and served up his plans for the future.
“I [...]

Gambino associate John Micali busted over cellphone swipe at Kennedy Airport: cops

A dumbfella was pinched for swiping a shipment of smartphones from Kennedy Airport – and replacing the cargo with diapers, officials said Friday.
Reputed Gambino associate John Micali was arraigned in Brooklyn Federal Court for conspiring to steal BlackBerry Storm phones and iPhones on Nov. 18.
And in an ironic twist, the feds built a case against [...]

Could This Be the End of the Celebrity Mobster?

Predicting the demise of the Mafia is like predicting the demise of the “Rocky” franchise: Every time you think you have finally heard the last of it, it rears its ugly head.
That said, with the announcement on Wednesday that the United States attorney’s office in Manhattan would — really, this time — give up chasing [...]

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