Chino street gang indicted on drug charges

LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A federal indictment, unsealed in Los Angeles on Wednesday, charges 21 members of a Chino street gang with being part of a drug distribution ring with ties to the Mexican Mafia prison gang.
The indictment is the result of a two-year-long investigation known as “Operation Redemption.” It targeted members and associates of [...]

Rat bares gangster’s ‘retire pay’

It’s the mob version of Social Security.
Geezer gangster John “Sonny” Franzese, 93, who is currently on trial in Brooklyn federal court for shaking down a couple of Manhattan strip clubs, banked on high-interest “shylock” loans to support him in his old age, an underling-turned-informant was heard saying on an FBI tape played in court yesterday.
“The [...]

Real life “Boiler Room” investment scheme uncovered in NYC

Ten men were arrested Wednesday in a $12 million scheme that cheated investors using a Manhattan boiler-room operation with mob links, authorities report. Some of the men involved included former Securities and Exchange Commission employees.
FBI agents raided the scheme’s office building on West 36th Street in New York. The suspects used the building to entice [...]

Mobster gets into heated fight with his wife outside Brooklyn courtroom

He’s still a wiseguy after all these years.
Colombo underboss John “Sonny” Franzese got into a heated fight with his wife outside the Brooklyn courtroom where he is currently on trial for racketeering — and the war-of-words got ugly.
Cristina Capobianco Franzese, who has been separated from the mobster for the past two years, confronted her mobster [...]

Secret FBI Files: Bingy Was Primed to Flip Two Years Ago

It’s really no surprise that Genovese crime family big Anthony (Bingy) Arillotta decided to switch sides in the war on crime this year.
Secret FBI documents show that back in June of 2008, when Arillotta had just gotten out of prison, things were so bad for him that it’s almost a wonder that he didn’t immediately [...]

FBI: ‘Have You Treated Gangster’s Girlfriend?’

AgencyTook Out Ad In Plastic Surgery Ad Featuring On-the-Lam Gangster’s James “Whitey” Bulger Female Friend Catherine Greig
(AP) The FBI is hoping vanity could help in its search for fugitive New England gangster James “Whitey” Bulger.
The bureau took out a full-page ad featuring photos of Bulger’s girlfriend in the April edition of Plastic Surgery [...]

Chicago cop accused of lying to FBI

A Chicago police officer was charged with lying to FBI agents for denying he took cash from another officer in disciplinary trouble after promising he could influence the board weighing the other officer’s punishment.
Victor Brown, 36, a 12-year veteran, was arrested Monday by FBI agents and Chicago police internal affairs officers on multiple charges [...]

New Clues in Mob Cold Case

A local gangster pays the ultimate price on Federal Hill. And for nearly two decades, someone has gotten away with his murder.
But now, new information could finally close the books on this mob cold case. Target 12 Investigator Tim White joined The Rhode Show to give a preview to this exclusive story.
The Rhode Show: These [...]

War of the Godfathers

In 1986, the Chicago Mafia violently repulsed a bid by the Joe Bonnano crime family to wrest control of the Las Vegas underworld. It was a pyrrhic victory; afterward most of the top Chicago mob figures were convicted of various crimes. The author, a former FBI agent who investigated the Las Vegas brawl ( Roemer: [...]

Witness in ‘Junior’ Gotti trial dies in prison

WAYMART, Pa. —
A convicted mobster who testified for Mafia heir John “Junior” Gotti is dead after prison officials say he was hurt in a fight with another inmate at a Pennsylvania federal prison.
A spokeswoman for the high-security prison in Waymart says 43-year-old Joseph O’Kane was pronounced dead early Monday morning from injuries [...]

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