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- Mon Apr 29, 2024 3:56 pm
- Forum: MAFIA FORUM
- Topic: Catalano thread
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1578
Re: Catalano thread
Any idea where the meeting between Catalano and Castellano took place? Who else was in attendance. Would love to read that surveillance report
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 6:03 am
- Forum: MAFIA FORUM
- Topic: NYC Bust
- Replies: 188
- Views: 13252
LaForte wife pled guilty
Wife of Par Funding founder pleads guilty to hiding millions in tax fraud case Lisa McElhone, 44, told a federal judge she dodged taxes owed in Pennsylvania by lying on tax forms about where she and husband, Joseph LaForte, lived. by Jeremy Roebuck Updated Apr. 23, 2024, 4:54 p.m. ET Published Apr. ...
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 5:37 am
- Forum: MAFIA FORUM
- Topic: John Brescio Passed Away
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2161
Re: John Brescio Passed Away
I believe Brescio was capo over crew that included Carmine Polito, steve Arena, and Jimmy Rossi. Could be DiChiara crew merged with Brescio crew. But when Polito was first identified as an acting capo in that case, I figured it had to have been for Brescio.
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:35 am
- Forum: MAFIA FORUM
- Topic: NYC Bust
- Replies: 188
- Views: 13252
Re: NYC Bust
Wife of Par Funding founder strikes deal to plead guilty while two others charged in new indictment Lisa McElhone, spouse of company founder Joseph LaForte, is the third defendant to admit guilt in the sprawling — and seemingly ever-widening — probe of the merchant cash advance business. by Jeremy ...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:23 pm
- Forum: MAFIA FORUM
- Topic: [Current] mobster’s homes
- Replies: 332
- Views: 20491
Re: [Current] mobster’s homes
Genovese soldier. In Barry Nichilo’s crew.SonnyBlackstein wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:08 pmI've tried to research thus guy, found all the tow truck articles, but can't find out which family or if he's an associate or made?
Any info gents?
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 2:22 pm
- Forum: MAFIA FORUM
- Topic: NYC Bust
- Replies: 188
- Views: 13252
Re: NYC Bust
New article covering Joe LaForte, and thorough investigation of Par Funding:
https://www.phillymag.com/news/2024/02/ ... l-scandal/
https://www.phillymag.com/news/2024/02/ ... l-scandal/
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 4:23 pm
- Forum: MAFIA FORUM
- Topic: James Maffucci and Robert Spinelli discussing the release of Lucchese Brooklyn faction members (2013)
- Replies: 75
- Views: 3667
Re: James Maffucci and Robert Spinelli discussing the release of Lucchese Brooklyn faction members (2013)
Reading over the governments appeal papers, it’s pretty amazing, pre and during earlier part of the trial, the Judge wasn’t going to allow the prosecutors to elicit from the jailhouse informant Evangelista the Londonio statements about Crea Sr and Crea Jr involvement in the murder. If that didn’t co...
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 6:28 am
- Forum: MAFIA FORUM
- Topic: Construction Fraud Case: possible oc tie
- Replies: 5
- Views: 465
Re: Construction Fraud Case: possible oc tie
Who is John Mingione, Nir Meir’s alleged co-conspirator? Omnibuild Construction CEO indicted over allegedly false business documents FEB 11, 2024, 7:00 AM By Orion Jones In the rough-and-tumble world of Manhattan highrise construction, John Mingione has found himself in a high-profile legal scrape....
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 6:16 pm
- Forum: MAFIA FORUM
- Topic: Construction Fraud Case: possible oc tie
- Replies: 5
- Views: 465
Re: Construction Fraud Case: possible oc tie
*** John Simonlacaj was an HFZ exec who was convicted of taking bribes from Andrew Campos and CWC Contracting including bribes on the XI project referenced in the inclement. *** while not charged, I believe that Omnibuild co-CEO Peter Serpico is related to Louis Filipelli, so makes sense that Omnibu...
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 7:33 pm
- Forum: MAFIA FORUM
- Topic: Construction Fraud Case: possible oc tie
- Replies: 5
- Views: 465
Construction Fraud Case: possible oc tie
***Omnibuild acquired Cava Construction from Carmine Della Cava a few years ago. ***John Mingione was a former carpenters union official convicted of bribery and current top exec at Omnibuild - https://www.nydailynews.com/2002/03/02/carpenters-union-reps-sentenced-for-bribery/amp/ ***HFZ came up dur...
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 9:37 am
- Forum: MAFIA FORUM
- Topic: Which Mafia Members lived in Strange Places?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 2209
Re: Which Mafia Members lived in Strange Places?
Al Embarrato retired to Virginia, which always seemed odd to me.
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 11:51 am
- Forum: MAFIA FORUM
- Topic: Gangland February 1sr 2024
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1965
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 6:05 am
- Forum: MAFIA FORUM
- Topic: Gangland February 1sr 2024
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1965
Re: Gangland February 1sr 2024
Jerry also got the local wrong - it’s 157, not 147.
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 5:51 am
- Forum: MAFIA FORUM
- Topic: Genovese Capo Thomas Ficarotta forced to resign from carpenters union
- Replies: 7
- Views: 580
Re: Genovese Capo Thomas Ficarotta forced to resign from carpenters union
**1995 Daily News Article re: Figgy and others working at Javits*** CONNECTIONS NAILED DOWN New York Daily News PUBLISHED: March 21, 1995 at 12:00 a.m. | UPDATED: January 13, 2019 at 4:30 a.m. Categories:News Carpenters with criminal records, mob ties or both get the best jobs at the Javits Center, ...
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 5:38 am
- Forum: MAFIA FORUM
- Topic: Genovese Capo Thomas Ficarotta forced to resign from carpenters union
- Replies: 7
- Views: 580
1994 NYTimes article on Monitor Report
Believe Ficarotta was with Local 157.