Officials Deny Misconduct in Sex-Trafficking Inquiry

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have sharply criticized a defense lawyer’s claim that the government engaged in misconduct by allowing a cooperating witness in a Mafia case to run a sex- trafficking ring that involved a 15-year-old girl.
The government said it ended the operation as soon as it discovered that the under-age girl was involved. The [...]

Reputed Mafioso pleads guilty in Rothstein sting

Roberto Settineri now faces up to five years in prison
FORT LAUDERDALE —
A reputed Sicilian Mafioso pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy to commit money laundering at the request of fraudster-turned-informant Scott Rothstein.
Roberto Settineri, 42, became the third—and final—man convicted in a federal sting set in motion by Rothstein’s cooperation. Settineri, of Miami Beach, faces up to [...]

Attorney’s Ties to Mob Family Presents No Conflict, Says Judge

A federal judge has refused to disqualify on conflict of interest grounds a defense attorney with deep ties to the Gambino organized crime family.
Attorney Joseph R. Corozzo Jr. is defending Michael Scarpaci against a multi-felony racketeering indictment and prosecutors attempted to have him disqualified because of four alleged potential conflicts, including that his father and [...]

Deutsche monument to futility

It has become the symbol of senseless — even deadly — bureaucratic bungling.
Too damaged to survive after the 9/11 terror attacks, the former Deutsche Bank at Ground Zero was marked for demolition, but the process has been stalled by massive safety delays both before and after the deaths of two firefighters in a blaze at [...]

Attorney Writes About His Mobster Father in New Book

Bari Escaped Family’s Shadow To Make His Own Life
BROOKLYN — When attorney Frank Bari was growing up, he didn’t know that much about his father, “Zim’s,” past. But little by little, his father would let little details slip.
Eventually, Bari found out that his father had been a mob figure with ties to such legendary gangsters [...]

Reputed wiseguy Michael Scarpaci’s lawyer gets OK despite alleged Gambino conflict

Reputed wiseguy Michael Scarpaci can keep his lawyer despite allegations by the prosecutors that he’s “house counsel” to the Gambino crime family.
Manhattan Federal Court Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled that there’s no conflict of interest if Joseph Corrozzo continues to represent Scarpaci.
He said the fact that Corrozzo’s father is the Gambino consigliere and his uncle is [...]

Feds Play Hardball With Capo Charged in Mob Sex Case

The feds are playing hardball with aging Gambino family capo Daniel Marino. The offer on the table for him last week was to plead guilty to a 13-year-old hit that took place while Marino was in prison, and take another 13 years behind bars. Or go to trial.
Marino’s longtime pal, Joseph Watts, another Gambino family [...]

Gambino plea deal in ‘89 hit

Reputed acting Gambino crime family boss John “Jackie the Nose” D’Amico is poised to cut a deal tomorrow in a case tied to a 1989 murder plot, court papers reveal.
D’Amico “will plead guilty . . . to a superseding information” that will be handed up in Manhattan federal court, where he was indicted last year [...]

Gotti mafia man, Kevin McMahon, avoids life sentence by snitching on Charles Carneglia

He was the late John Gotti’s lucky charm – and mob canary Kevin (The Midget) McMahon lucked out himself Friday.
McMahon, 43, dodged a life sentence for two gangland murders and was sentenced to time served – less than five years in prison.
The light punishment was a reward for his testimony against the Gambinos’ fearsome hit [...]

John Gotti’s Grandson Calls Out Rapper Rick Ross Over ‘Teflon Don’

Rapper Rick Ross has drawn the wrath of John Gotti’s family for naming his album Teflon Don, the nickname of the infamous former leader of New York’s Gambino organized crime family.
Carmine Agnello, 24, is attempting to launch a career under the name Carmine Gotti.
Agnello blasted rapper Rick Ross in the New York Daily News for [...]

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