Capo Anthony Palumbo takes plea in ‘92 organized crime hit plot

An acting capo for the Genovese crime family pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to whack a Russian organized crime hit man in 1992.
Anthony (Tony D) Palumbo took the plea in Manhattan Federal Court and faces 10 years in prison when sentenced Dec. 3.
Prosecutor Avi Weitzman said Palumbo and other Genovese gangsters engaged in a plot [...]

Bay Terrace mobster sentenced for role in slaying of Grasmere jeweler

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A Bay Terrace mobster who served as a lookout during a fatal botched jewelry heist in West Brighton two years ago was sentenced this morning to 30 years in prison.
In April, a Brooklyn federal court jury convicted Anthony Pica, 31, of robbery conspiracy and weapons charges, as well as causing death [...]

Genovese capo “Big Nose” Antico convicted of running gambling parlor, but cleared of robbery

Genovese capo Anthony “Big Nose” Antico, 75, today was cleared of ordering the botched robbery of his family friend, Louis Antonelli, who died after he was shot twice during a stick-up in 2008.
“He’s glad the Antonelli family will finally know that he had nothing to do with it,” said his lawyer, Mathew Mari.
It was not [...]

Indictment names three more Genovese Crime Family members

NEW YORK – Superseding Indictment charging three additional individuals for their involvement in the alleged racketeering, murder, and other criminal activities of the Genovese Organized Crime Family, were announced by federal prosecutors Friday.
Felix Tranghese and Ty Geas were arrested Friday in Springfield, Massachusetts. Emilio Fusco remains at large.
Defendants Arthur Nigro, the alleged former Acting Boss [...]

Mob-Linked Construction Firm Sues New York City

(NewsCore) – A mob-linked construction company was suing New York City for more than $37 million over its work on the Macombs Dam Bridge, the New York Post reported Saturday.
New Jersey-based Schiavone Construction Co. claimed the city shortchanged it by nearly $4.9 million on a $142 million contract from 1999.
The firm’s Manhattan, N.Y., federal court [...]

Goodfella with bad manners

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — One look at Anthony Antico sitting at the defense table and you swear he was born to be on trial for something.
By the way the 74-year-old Genovese family capo throws up his hands and mouths, “So what?” to a bugged phone conversation played back in court Monday afternoon, it’s a [...]

Mob rats in duel as stoolies finger each other in $1 million murder-for-hire insurance plot

One of these two snitches is lying through his teeth.
A Genovese gangster who spent 18 years as an FBI informant was implicated Tuesday by an NYPD stoolie who claims the mobster hired him to be the hit man in a $1 million insurance murder plot.
A lawyer for mobbed-up Joseph (JB) Barone insists that his client [...]

Jeweler gunned down for dissing high-ranking member of Genovese crime family: feds

A mobbed-up Staten Island jeweler fatally shot in a botched robbery was targeted because he disrespected a high-ranking mobster in the Genovese crime family, a federal prosecutor said Wednesday.
Louis Antonelli’s offense was failing to kick up cash tributes to capo Anthony Antico for the privilege of peddling gems in Antico’s social club, Assistant Brooklyn U.S. [...]

East Providence native Michael Sparfven’s life of crime, punishment

Michael Sparfven’s ticket out of FCI Edgefield arrived one spring day in 2008 when New York mobster Angelo Prisco landed on Unit B-2 of the medium-security federal prison in South Carolina.
Any Italians here? asked Prisco, a longtime captain in the infamous Genovese crime family. Anyone from up north?
An inmate pointed at Sparfven, whose days as [...]

17 Indicted in Alleged Mob-Related Gambling Rings

Seventeen people were indicted Monday for allegedly taking part in illegal sports gambling rings believed to have mafia ties. Combined, the five operations generated $20 million a year, according the Kings County District Attorney’s office, which filed the charges.
“Illegal sports gambling is a cash cow for organized crime, and this case shines a bright light [...]

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