by willychichi » Sun Jan 31, 2016 4:11 pm
According to law enforcement authorities John Riggi, boss of the DeCavalcante Family, created Local 1030 to represent asbestos workers within the Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA). Members of the asbestos union had to be licensed. They attended a school created by Riggi ostensibly to learn how to detect and remove asbestos. Anthony Capo testified he slept during school and had the school’s operator, Manny Riggi, the son of John Riggi, take the test for him. Capo subsequently received his asbestos removal license. When questioned by a federal prosecutor about his knowledge of asbestos, Capo stated, “I wouldn’t know it [asbestos] if I was sitting on it.”
According to law enforcement authorities John Riggi, boss of the DeCavalcante Family, created Local 1030 to represent asbestos workers within the Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA). Members of the asbestos union had to be licensed. They attended a school created by Riggi ostensibly to learn how to detect and remove asbestos. Anthony Capo testified he slept during school and had the school’s operator, Manny Riggi, the son of John Riggi, take the test for him. Capo subsequently received his asbestos removal license. When questioned by a federal prosecutor about his knowledge of asbestos, Capo stated, “I wouldn’t know it [asbestos] if I was sitting on it.”