by Wiseguy » Tue Jul 18, 2017 5:56 pm
Here is a list of the bigger NY cases since then...
In May 2016, Gambino associate Michael Rizzi (related to Gambino captain Joseph “Sonny” Juliano) was charged in a criminal complaint in the Eastern District on charges of conspiring to launder the proceeds of a multi-million dollar prostitution operation that he ran through BJM/Manhattan Stakes and Entertainment (which had succeeded Pure Platinum Models which was shut down in 2014) which employed high-end escorts, telephone bookers, drivers and advertised on over 50 websites. Rizzi was also reported to own the Nitecap Megastore & Smoke Shop on Staten Island, considered the largest supplier of porn and adult toys on the East Coast.
In May 2016, 6 people tied to the Luccheses, including soldier Eugene “Boopsie” Castelle and associate Michael Grecco, were indicted in Brooklyn on charges of enterprise corruption, conspiracy, loansharking, and promoting gambling involving a sports bookmaking operation that utilized toll free number, website, and offshore wire room and took in over $13 million in bets.
In May 2016, 18 people, including Genovese soldiers Robert "Old Man" Debello (charged in 2001 with racketeering) Steven Pastore, and associates Ryan Ellis (charged in 2012 with racketeering, conspiracy, gambling and extortion) and Salvatore Delligatti, were indicted in the Southern District on charges of racketeering, conspiracy, attempted murder, murder for hire, use of firearms in crime of violence, and illegal gambling involving a large scale bookmaking operation. It was later reported that associate Luigi (Louie Sunoco) Romano, who owned a gas station, mini-mart, and car was in Queens, had provided the $5,000 payment to hire Crips members to kill Genovese associate Joseph Bonelli.
In May 2016, 46 people including Robert “Elvis” D’Alessio and Esteban “Steve” Cueli, were indicted in New Jersey (Bergen) on charges of racketeering, conspiracy, promoting gambling, and money laundering involving a sports bookmaking operation (Genovese family) that stretched from New Jersey to New York and Florida.
In May 2016, it was reported that Jersey Recycling Services (owned by Brad Sirkin who’s father in law was a Lucchese member and was friends with Philadelphia LCN boss Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino) leased over 100 acres in New Jersey and had illegally accepted over 380,000 cubic yards of material (dirt, concrete, brick, rebar, etc) from 3 construction and demolition projects in New Jersey and Philadelphia. A Bonanno captain had been reported to have loaned the company $50,000 and associate Frank Gillette collected payments from JRS. Gillette and Bonanno associate Gregory Guido were also reported to have been involved in a scheme to dump contaminated dirt in New Jersey.
In July 2016, 5 people including Theodore Simon and Frank Nista (who had been involved in a previous Genovese bookmaking bust) were indicted in Queens on charges of enterprise corruption, conspiracy, and promoting gambling involving a sports bookmaking operation.
In July 2016, 22 people tied to the Gambino, Genovese, Bonanno, and Colombo families, including Gambino captain Michael "Mikey Boy" Paradiso, John Kelly, Bonanno associate Richard Sinde, Frank Parisi (Parisi's Bakery in Little Italy), Christopher Alvino, Carl Muraco (reported to own Fabers Fascination Arcade and Beer Island in Brooklyn in 2011), and Lawrence Dentico (grandson of Genovese captain Lawrence "Little Larry" Dentico), were indicted in Manhattan on charges of conspiracy, criminal sale of a controlled substance, criminal sale and possession of marijuana, promoting gambling, criminal tax fraud, and offering a false instrument for filing involving transporting $15 million ($350,000 a month, money laundered through Regional Food Brokers) in marijuana from legal grow houses in California for distribution in New York over a 21 month period, distribution of hundreds of oxycodone tablets worth at least $18,000, and running a sports bookmaking operation that utilized an offshore wireroom and website and took in $1 million in profit. Previously, in August 2015, Alvino and August Chinnici were indicted in Brooklyn on charges of criminal possession of a weapon (Thompson submachine gun, Remington Model 700 rifle, Ruger Old Army revolver, Desert Eagle semiautomatic pistol, Bruni 8mm semiautomatic pistol, 4 starter pistols, a starter rifle, 3 hunting knives, ammunition) and criminal possession of a controlled substance (more than 40 glassines of heroin). Prior to that, in May 2014, Alvino and 5 others were indicted in the Eastern District on charges of trafficking in over 220 lbs of marijuana and money laundering.
In July 2016, 22 people tied to the Gambino, Genovese, Bonanno, and Colombo families, including Gambino captain Michael "Mikey Boy" Paradiso, John Kelly, Bonanno associate Richard Sinde, Frank Parisi (Parisi's Bakery in Little Italy), Christopher Alvino, Carl Muraco (reported to own Fabers Fascination Arcade and Beer Island in Brooklyn in 2011), and Lawrence Dentico (grandson of Genovese captain Lawrence "Little Larry" Dentico), were indicted in Manhattan on charges of conspiracy, criminal sale of a controlled substance, criminal sale and possession of marijuana, promoting gambling, criminal tax fraud, and offering a false instrument for filing involving transporting $15 million ($350,000 a month, money laundered through Regional Food Brokers) in marijuana from legal grow houses in California for distribution in New York over a 21 month period, distribution of hundreds of oxycodone tablets worth at least $18,000, and running a sports bookmaking operation that utilized an offshore wireroom and website and took in $1 million in profit. Previously, in August 2015, Alvino and August Chinnici were indicted in Brooklyn on charges of criminal possession of a weapon (Thompson submachine gun, Remington Model 700 rifle, Ruger Old Army revolver, Desert Eagle semiautomatic pistol, Bruni 8mm semiautomatic pistol, 4 starter pistols, a starter rifle, 3 hunting knives, ammunition) and criminal possession of a controlled substance (more than 40 glassines of heroin). Prior to that, in May 2014, Alvino and 5 others were indicted in the Eastern District on charges of trafficking in over 220 lbs of marijuana and money laundering.
In July 2016, Michael Mazzara (Colombo associate), Charles Kerrigan, and Anthony Mazcuzzio (son of late Gambino associate, related by marriage to Genovese member) were indicted in the Southern District on charges of conspiracy and bank burglary involving a series of bank burglaries (breaking into secured bank vaults and safety deposit boxes by cutting through a roof or a wall from a space adjoining the bank) in Brooklyn, Queens, and elsewhere in NYC and stole over $5 million in cash, jewelry and diamonds.
In August 2016, 46 Genovese, Gambino, Lucchese, Bonanno members and associates, including Genovese captains Pasquale "Patsy" Parello and Conrad Ianniello, Genovese acting captain Eugene "Rooster" O'Nofrio, Genovese soldiers Ralph "The Undertaker" Balsamo, Anthony Conigliaro, and Ralph "Ralphie Sant" Santiello, Gambino soldier (?) Daniel "Danny" Marino Jr., Lucchese soldiers Marco Minuto and Vincent "Vinny" Casablanca, Bonanno acting captain John "Johnny Joe" Spirito, Bonanno soldier Pasquale "Patty Boy" Maiorino, Philadelphia LCN boss Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino, and associates Bradley Sirkin and Anthony Cirillo (owner of Princeton Securities Group - a NY stock exchange floor broker, in April 2017 brought a civil lawsuit against LA Dodgers owner Mark Walters and other directors of Dava Pharmecueticals for withholding information about the company's assets), were indicted in the Southern District on charges of racketeering, conspiracy, running a sports bookmaking operation in New York, New Jersey, and Florida that utilized internet websites in Costa Rica, running a gambling club (poker, dice, horse racing, video poker machines), in Yonkers, NY, loansharking, extortion of $20,000 from a towing company, receiving $3 million worth of contraband cigarettes, conspiracy to commit credit card fraud, health care fraud (kickbacks to doctors for unnecessary and excessive prescriptions for compound cream), firearms trafficking (selling 11, buying 6), arson (of a vehicle parked outside a rival gambling club), assault, and use of a firearm in a felony. That same month, in a related case, 8 people including Sirkin, Nicholas Borgesano Jr, and Scott Piccininni, were indicted in the Middle District of Florida on charges of conspiracy, health care fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering (including through a safety management firm called The Safety Group LTD) involving involving a health care scheme where several pharmacies in Tampa Bay and Miami were used to submit fraudulent reimbursement claims ($157 million in reimbursements for $633 million in claims) prescription compounded medications to 2 private insurance companies in return for bribes and kickbacks. Shell companies were used to disburse and hide the money. In January 2017, it was reported that retired judge Anthony Fiorella, who was a regular at Parello’s Rigoletto’s restaurant, had agreed to be a potential bond provider for Parello.
In August 2016, 9 people including John J. Gotti (also operated a tattoo parlor), grandson of late Gambino boss John Gotti, and Justin Testa, were indicted in Queens on charges of operating as a major trafficker, criminal possession and sale of a controlled substance, and money laundering involving an oxycodone ring that allegedly sold over 4,200 (taking in $100,000) a month.
In December 2016, Ronald Bidwell ($191,000 yr Business Agent for United Plant & Production Workers Local 175, Long Island, road paving and landscaping), controlled by the Gambinos, was indicted in the Eastern District on charges of extortion of a construction company (and assault on its owner in 2011) to obtain wages and benefits his workers were not entitled to. Gambino soldier Anthony Franco, who had created Local 175 after being kicked out of LIUNA Local 1018, was reported to also be part of the investigation. Previously, in October 2013, Bardwell had been charged with assault on a VP of LIUNA Local 1010 after he was accused of having a propensity for violence and OC ties.
In December 2016, 13 people including Genovese soldiers Salvatore “Sallie” DeMeo and John “Johnny Bull” Gaglio, as well as associate Vincent “Vinny” Taliericio (owned Smith Union Market in Brooklyn), were indicted by the NY AG in Manhattan on charges of running multi-million sports bookmaking operation and loansharking operation that utilized a website and offshore wire room, as well as selling untaxed cigarettes (30,000). In February 2017, it was reported that several well known Hollywood celebrities were among the ring’s bettors, including Paul Sorvino, James Caan, Tony Danza, Charlie Sheen, Larry David, Regis Philbin, James L. Brooks, and the late Jerry Orbach.
In December 2016, 7 people including Robert Bloome, Joseph Byrne, John DeSantis, Anthony Russo, Ralph Castore (Gambino associate), and Michael Cohen, were charged in 2 indictments in Manhattan with conspiracy, promoting gambling involving a sports bookmaking operation that utilized internet websites, criminal sale of a controlled substance involving sale of 90-180 oxycodone pills a month, as well as grand larceny, tax fraud, and offering a false instrument for filing. That same month, 5 people, including DeSantis and Nicholas Spinelli, were indicted in the Eastern District on charges of securities fraud and wire fraud involving the use of Premier Links to run a boiler room scam that stole $9.3 million from 300 investors from 2005-2012.
In February 2017, 5 people including Bonanno associate Ciro Barone, as well as Robert Glazewski and Robert Rossi, were indicted in Staten Island on charges of conspiracy and promoting gambling involving a sports bookmaking operation that took in $4 million in bets and utilized internet websites.
In March 2017, 7 people including Bonanno soldier Vincent “Vinny” Asaro, John J. Gotti (grandson of late Gambino boss John Gotti), and Bonanno associate Christopher Boothby, were indicted in the Eastern District on charges of conspiracy, arson of an automobile (which had cut off Asaro in traffic), as well as robbery of $5,491 from a bank in Queens, a home invasion robbery in Queens where $50,000 in cash and hundreds of thousands of dollars in jewelry was stolen, robbery of a $250,000 in merchandise from a jewelry store on Long Island, as well as attempted robbery of 2 other jewelry stores.
In March 2017, 10 Bonanno members and associates, including soldier/acting captain Ronald “Ronnie G” Giallanzo and soldiers Michael Padavona (collected $400,000 in disability claiming he was disabled and couldn't work), Michael Palmaccio, Nicholas “Pudgie” Festa, and associate Robert “Rob” Pisani (owned All American Deli) were indicted in the Eastern District on charges of racketeering, conspiracy, running a sports bookmaking operation, loansharking ($3 million on the street), extortion, robbery (including of rival drug dealer stash house), attempted robbery, cocaine and hydrocodone trafficking, kidnapping, arson, murder conspiracy (rival drug dealer Chris Cognata who “ran solo” and was wounded in 2006 and later killed in November 2016 in a drug dispute with Joseph Amatuccio), and obstruction of justice, that took in $26 million and operating primarily in Queens.
In April 2017, it was reported that charges were pending in the Southern District against Lucchese associate Brian Vaughan, godson of soldier Joseph “JoJo” Truncale and former member of Cement & Concrete Workers Local 20, for using his LCN ties to shake down workers looking for better jobs or union positions, as well as ordering all workers to purchase all food and coffee from lunch trucks vendors he charged $150 a week to park at construction sites.
In May 2017, 6 people including Gambino associates Raymond Raimondi and Vincent Maniscalco, were indicted in Staten Island on charges of conspiracy involving illegally obtaining 2,800 oxycodone pills from pharmacies and selling them in Staten Island and Brooklyn.
In May 2017, 19 Lucchese members and associates, including street boss Matthew Madonna, underboss Steven “Wonderboy” Crea, consigliere Joseph DiNapoli, captains or acting captains John “Big John” Castelucci, Dominic Truscello, Steven Crea Jr, and Tindaro “Tino” Curso, and soldiers Joseph Venice, James "Jimmy the Jew" Maffucci, Joseph "Big Joe" Datello, Paul "Paulie Roast Beef" Cassano, and Christopher Londonio, were indicted in the Southern District on charges of racketeering, conspiracy, sports bookmaking, video poker machines, loansharking, contraband cigarettes, trafficking in cocaine (5+ kilos), heroin (1+ kilos), marijuana (1,000+ kilos), and oxycodone, robbery, mail fraud and wire fraud in connection with various public building projects (including Bronx-Lebanon hospital where Crea-connected, non-union Sparrow Construction was overseeing $42 million expansion; Sparrow billed the hospital through falsified invoices and change orders for $26 million for only $21million worth of work, with the $5 million going to the Luccheses and hospital execs; payoffs were also for keeping unions they controlled from picketing or disrupting the project), money laundering, firearms offenses, witness intimidation and retaliation, murder (Michael Meldish), assault, and attempted murder (Bonanno soldier Enzo “The Baker” Stagno and 2 Bonanno associates).
In June 2017, 8 people including Colombo associate Christopher Curanovic, LCN associate Anthony Noterile (family?), and Albert Veliu, were indicted in the Eastern District on charges of extortion, marijuana trafficking, money laundering of $800,000, and international arms trafficking. Curanovic owed $40,000 to a Genovese associate and some of the profits were to pay back the debt. More than a dozen AK-47’s and an M80 anti-tank rocket launcher from Eastern Europe were brokered and sold to a Mexican cartel.
Here is a list of the bigger NY cases since then...
In May 2016, Gambino associate Michael Rizzi (related to Gambino captain Joseph “Sonny” Juliano) was charged in a criminal complaint in the Eastern District on charges of conspiring to launder the proceeds of a multi-million dollar prostitution operation that he ran through BJM/Manhattan Stakes and Entertainment (which had succeeded Pure Platinum Models which was shut down in 2014) which employed high-end escorts, telephone bookers, drivers and advertised on over 50 websites. Rizzi was also reported to own the Nitecap Megastore & Smoke Shop on Staten Island, considered the largest supplier of porn and adult toys on the East Coast.
In May 2016, 6 people tied to the Luccheses, including soldier Eugene “Boopsie” Castelle and associate Michael Grecco, were indicted in Brooklyn on charges of enterprise corruption, conspiracy, loansharking, and promoting gambling involving a sports bookmaking operation that utilized toll free number, website, and offshore wire room and took in over $13 million in bets.
In May 2016, 18 people, including Genovese soldiers Robert "Old Man" Debello (charged in 2001 with racketeering) Steven Pastore, and associates Ryan Ellis (charged in 2012 with racketeering, conspiracy, gambling and extortion) and Salvatore Delligatti, were indicted in the Southern District on charges of racketeering, conspiracy, attempted murder, murder for hire, use of firearms in crime of violence, and illegal gambling involving a large scale bookmaking operation. It was later reported that associate Luigi (Louie Sunoco) Romano, who owned a gas station, mini-mart, and car was in Queens, had provided the $5,000 payment to hire Crips members to kill Genovese associate Joseph Bonelli.
In May 2016, 46 people including Robert “Elvis” D’Alessio and Esteban “Steve” Cueli, were indicted in New Jersey (Bergen) on charges of racketeering, conspiracy, promoting gambling, and money laundering involving a sports bookmaking operation (Genovese family) that stretched from New Jersey to New York and Florida.
In May 2016, it was reported that Jersey Recycling Services (owned by Brad Sirkin who’s father in law was a Lucchese member and was friends with Philadelphia LCN boss Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino) leased over 100 acres in New Jersey and had illegally accepted over 380,000 cubic yards of material (dirt, concrete, brick, rebar, etc) from 3 construction and demolition projects in New Jersey and Philadelphia. A Bonanno captain had been reported to have loaned the company $50,000 and associate Frank Gillette collected payments from JRS. Gillette and Bonanno associate Gregory Guido were also reported to have been involved in a scheme to dump contaminated dirt in New Jersey.
In July 2016, 5 people including Theodore Simon and Frank Nista (who had been involved in a previous Genovese bookmaking bust) were indicted in Queens on charges of enterprise corruption, conspiracy, and promoting gambling involving a sports bookmaking operation.
In July 2016, 22 people tied to the Gambino, Genovese, Bonanno, and Colombo families, including Gambino captain Michael "Mikey Boy" Paradiso, John Kelly, Bonanno associate Richard Sinde, Frank Parisi (Parisi's Bakery in Little Italy), Christopher Alvino, Carl Muraco (reported to own Fabers Fascination Arcade and Beer Island in Brooklyn in 2011), and Lawrence Dentico (grandson of Genovese captain Lawrence "Little Larry" Dentico), were indicted in Manhattan on charges of conspiracy, criminal sale of a controlled substance, criminal sale and possession of marijuana, promoting gambling, criminal tax fraud, and offering a false instrument for filing involving transporting $15 million ($350,000 a month, money laundered through Regional Food Brokers) in marijuana from legal grow houses in California for distribution in New York over a 21 month period, distribution of hundreds of oxycodone tablets worth at least $18,000, and running a sports bookmaking operation that utilized an offshore wireroom and website and took in $1 million in profit. Previously, in August 2015, Alvino and August Chinnici were indicted in Brooklyn on charges of criminal possession of a weapon (Thompson submachine gun, Remington Model 700 rifle, Ruger Old Army revolver, Desert Eagle semiautomatic pistol, Bruni 8mm semiautomatic pistol, 4 starter pistols, a starter rifle, 3 hunting knives, ammunition) and criminal possession of a controlled substance (more than 40 glassines of heroin). Prior to that, in May 2014, Alvino and 5 others were indicted in the Eastern District on charges of trafficking in over 220 lbs of marijuana and money laundering.
In July 2016, 22 people tied to the Gambino, Genovese, Bonanno, and Colombo families, including Gambino captain Michael "Mikey Boy" Paradiso, John Kelly, Bonanno associate Richard Sinde, Frank Parisi (Parisi's Bakery in Little Italy), Christopher Alvino, Carl Muraco (reported to own Fabers Fascination Arcade and Beer Island in Brooklyn in 2011), and Lawrence Dentico (grandson of Genovese captain Lawrence "Little Larry" Dentico), were indicted in Manhattan on charges of conspiracy, criminal sale of a controlled substance, criminal sale and possession of marijuana, promoting gambling, criminal tax fraud, and offering a false instrument for filing involving transporting $15 million ($350,000 a month, money laundered through Regional Food Brokers) in marijuana from legal grow houses in California for distribution in New York over a 21 month period, distribution of hundreds of oxycodone tablets worth at least $18,000, and running a sports bookmaking operation that utilized an offshore wireroom and website and took in $1 million in profit. Previously, in August 2015, Alvino and August Chinnici were indicted in Brooklyn on charges of criminal possession of a weapon (Thompson submachine gun, Remington Model 700 rifle, Ruger Old Army revolver, Desert Eagle semiautomatic pistol, Bruni 8mm semiautomatic pistol, 4 starter pistols, a starter rifle, 3 hunting knives, ammunition) and criminal possession of a controlled substance (more than 40 glassines of heroin). Prior to that, in May 2014, Alvino and 5 others were indicted in the Eastern District on charges of trafficking in over 220 lbs of marijuana and money laundering.
In July 2016, Michael Mazzara (Colombo associate), Charles Kerrigan, and Anthony Mazcuzzio (son of late Gambino associate, related by marriage to Genovese member) were indicted in the Southern District on charges of conspiracy and bank burglary involving a series of bank burglaries (breaking into secured bank vaults and safety deposit boxes by cutting through a roof or a wall from a space adjoining the bank) in Brooklyn, Queens, and elsewhere in NYC and stole over $5 million in cash, jewelry and diamonds.
In August 2016, 46 Genovese, Gambino, Lucchese, Bonanno members and associates, including Genovese captains Pasquale "Patsy" Parello and Conrad Ianniello, Genovese acting captain Eugene "Rooster" O'Nofrio, Genovese soldiers Ralph "The Undertaker" Balsamo, Anthony Conigliaro, and Ralph "Ralphie Sant" Santiello, Gambino soldier (?) Daniel "Danny" Marino Jr., Lucchese soldiers Marco Minuto and Vincent "Vinny" Casablanca, Bonanno acting captain John "Johnny Joe" Spirito, Bonanno soldier Pasquale "Patty Boy" Maiorino, Philadelphia LCN boss Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino, and associates Bradley Sirkin and Anthony Cirillo (owner of Princeton Securities Group - a NY stock exchange floor broker, in April 2017 brought a civil lawsuit against LA Dodgers owner Mark Walters and other directors of Dava Pharmecueticals for withholding information about the company's assets), were indicted in the Southern District on charges of racketeering, conspiracy, running a sports bookmaking operation in New York, New Jersey, and Florida that utilized internet websites in Costa Rica, running a gambling club (poker, dice, horse racing, video poker machines), in Yonkers, NY, loansharking, extortion of $20,000 from a towing company, receiving $3 million worth of contraband cigarettes, conspiracy to commit credit card fraud, health care fraud (kickbacks to doctors for unnecessary and excessive prescriptions for compound cream), firearms trafficking (selling 11, buying 6), arson (of a vehicle parked outside a rival gambling club), assault, and use of a firearm in a felony. That same month, in a related case, 8 people including Sirkin, Nicholas Borgesano Jr, and Scott Piccininni, were indicted in the Middle District of Florida on charges of conspiracy, health care fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering (including through a safety management firm called The Safety Group LTD) involving involving a health care scheme where several pharmacies in Tampa Bay and Miami were used to submit fraudulent reimbursement claims ($157 million in reimbursements for $633 million in claims) prescription compounded medications to 2 private insurance companies in return for bribes and kickbacks. Shell companies were used to disburse and hide the money. In January 2017, it was reported that retired judge Anthony Fiorella, who was a regular at Parello’s Rigoletto’s restaurant, had agreed to be a potential bond provider for Parello.
In August 2016, 9 people including John J. Gotti (also operated a tattoo parlor), grandson of late Gambino boss John Gotti, and Justin Testa, were indicted in Queens on charges of operating as a major trafficker, criminal possession and sale of a controlled substance, and money laundering involving an oxycodone ring that allegedly sold over 4,200 (taking in $100,000) a month.
In December 2016, Ronald Bidwell ($191,000 yr Business Agent for United Plant & Production Workers Local 175, Long Island, road paving and landscaping), controlled by the Gambinos, was indicted in the Eastern District on charges of extortion of a construction company (and assault on its owner in 2011) to obtain wages and benefits his workers were not entitled to. Gambino soldier Anthony Franco, who had created Local 175 after being kicked out of LIUNA Local 1018, was reported to also be part of the investigation. Previously, in October 2013, Bardwell had been charged with assault on a VP of LIUNA Local 1010 after he was accused of having a propensity for violence and OC ties.
In December 2016, 13 people including Genovese soldiers Salvatore “Sallie” DeMeo and John “Johnny Bull” Gaglio, as well as associate Vincent “Vinny” Taliericio (owned Smith Union Market in Brooklyn), were indicted by the NY AG in Manhattan on charges of running multi-million sports bookmaking operation and loansharking operation that utilized a website and offshore wire room, as well as selling untaxed cigarettes (30,000). In February 2017, it was reported that several well known Hollywood celebrities were among the ring’s bettors, including Paul Sorvino, James Caan, Tony Danza, Charlie Sheen, Larry David, Regis Philbin, James L. Brooks, and the late Jerry Orbach.
In December 2016, 7 people including Robert Bloome, Joseph Byrne, John DeSantis, Anthony Russo, Ralph Castore (Gambino associate), and Michael Cohen, were charged in 2 indictments in Manhattan with conspiracy, promoting gambling involving a sports bookmaking operation that utilized internet websites, criminal sale of a controlled substance involving sale of 90-180 oxycodone pills a month, as well as grand larceny, tax fraud, and offering a false instrument for filing. That same month, 5 people, including DeSantis and Nicholas Spinelli, were indicted in the Eastern District on charges of securities fraud and wire fraud involving the use of Premier Links to run a boiler room scam that stole $9.3 million from 300 investors from 2005-2012.
In February 2017, 5 people including Bonanno associate Ciro Barone, as well as Robert Glazewski and Robert Rossi, were indicted in Staten Island on charges of conspiracy and promoting gambling involving a sports bookmaking operation that took in $4 million in bets and utilized internet websites.
In March 2017, 7 people including Bonanno soldier Vincent “Vinny” Asaro, John J. Gotti (grandson of late Gambino boss John Gotti), and Bonanno associate Christopher Boothby, were indicted in the Eastern District on charges of conspiracy, arson of an automobile (which had cut off Asaro in traffic), as well as robbery of $5,491 from a bank in Queens, a home invasion robbery in Queens where $50,000 in cash and hundreds of thousands of dollars in jewelry was stolen, robbery of a $250,000 in merchandise from a jewelry store on Long Island, as well as attempted robbery of 2 other jewelry stores.
In March 2017, 10 Bonanno members and associates, including soldier/acting captain Ronald “Ronnie G” Giallanzo and soldiers Michael Padavona (collected $400,000 in disability claiming he was disabled and couldn't work), Michael Palmaccio, Nicholas “Pudgie” Festa, and associate Robert “Rob” Pisani (owned All American Deli) were indicted in the Eastern District on charges of racketeering, conspiracy, running a sports bookmaking operation, loansharking ($3 million on the street), extortion, robbery (including of rival drug dealer stash house), attempted robbery, cocaine and hydrocodone trafficking, kidnapping, arson, murder conspiracy (rival drug dealer Chris Cognata who “ran solo” and was wounded in 2006 and later killed in November 2016 in a drug dispute with Joseph Amatuccio), and obstruction of justice, that took in $26 million and operating primarily in Queens.
In April 2017, it was reported that charges were pending in the Southern District against Lucchese associate Brian Vaughan, godson of soldier Joseph “JoJo” Truncale and former member of Cement & Concrete Workers Local 20, for using his LCN ties to shake down workers looking for better jobs or union positions, as well as ordering all workers to purchase all food and coffee from lunch trucks vendors he charged $150 a week to park at construction sites.
In May 2017, 6 people including Gambino associates Raymond Raimondi and Vincent Maniscalco, were indicted in Staten Island on charges of conspiracy involving illegally obtaining 2,800 oxycodone pills from pharmacies and selling them in Staten Island and Brooklyn.
In May 2017, 19 Lucchese members and associates, including street boss Matthew Madonna, underboss Steven “Wonderboy” Crea, consigliere Joseph DiNapoli, captains or acting captains John “Big John” Castelucci, Dominic Truscello, Steven Crea Jr, and Tindaro “Tino” Curso, and soldiers Joseph Venice, James "Jimmy the Jew" Maffucci, Joseph "Big Joe" Datello, Paul "Paulie Roast Beef" Cassano, and Christopher Londonio, were indicted in the Southern District on charges of racketeering, conspiracy, sports bookmaking, video poker machines, loansharking, contraband cigarettes, trafficking in cocaine (5+ kilos), heroin (1+ kilos), marijuana (1,000+ kilos), and oxycodone, robbery, mail fraud and wire fraud in connection with various public building projects (including Bronx-Lebanon hospital where Crea-connected, non-union Sparrow Construction was overseeing $42 million expansion; Sparrow billed the hospital through falsified invoices and change orders for $26 million for only $21million worth of work, with the $5 million going to the Luccheses and hospital execs; payoffs were also for keeping unions they controlled from picketing or disrupting the project), money laundering, firearms offenses, witness intimidation and retaliation, murder (Michael Meldish), assault, and attempted murder (Bonanno soldier Enzo “The Baker” Stagno and 2 Bonanno associates).
In June 2017, 8 people including Colombo associate Christopher Curanovic, LCN associate Anthony Noterile (family?), and Albert Veliu, were indicted in the Eastern District on charges of extortion, marijuana trafficking, money laundering of $800,000, and international arms trafficking. Curanovic owed $40,000 to a Genovese associate and some of the profits were to pay back the debt. More than a dozen AK-47’s and an M80 anti-tank rocket launcher from Eastern Europe were brokered and sold to a Mexican cartel.