by HairyKnuckles » Fri Oct 30, 2020 7:21 am
InCamelot wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 10:45 am
Is there any evidence that might suggest that Mario Gigante took over the Cockeyed Nick Ratteni crew from Yonker/Westchester?
I don´t know. Rattenni´s crew was probably disbanded shortly after his death. Mario Gigante is identified as a captain by the FBI on a list dated September 1983. He was also convicted of loansharking that year. He was not identified as a captain by Cafaro in 1988, suggesting he was no longer a captain. In the mid 1970s, he was indicted on charges of participating in a $50 million a year gambling operation in New York City that allegedly took bets on horse races and other sports events. With him were also Alfred Bonfiglio, Dan DiGiacomo and Vito DiSalvo indicted, suggesting these three worked for him. Vito DiSalvo is later identified as being under Buster Ardito. In his loansharking conviction of 1983, a Frank Vodola was also found guilty. Another thing to consider is may be the fact that Rudy Santobello´s social club on Webster Avenue in the Bronx had previously been owned by Mario Gigante. I tend to believe though that Mario was with his brother and that the informer who claimed Mario Gigante was with a "Mulberry Street crew" (see original post) was simply wrong. When he was identified as a captain by the FBI in September 1983, he was so as a captain of his brother´s old crew.
These are the others identified on that list (out of towners not listed; Boiardo, Gatto and Scibelli):
- Jimmy Alo
- Johnny Buonarobo
- Thomas Contaldo
- Pete DeFeo
- redacted
- Louie Gaccione
- Mario Gigante
- Matty Ianniello
- Joe Loiacono
- Tommy Lombardi
- Sammy Santora
Note that the list goes in alphabetic order, so the first letter in the the redacted last name should be a D, E, or F.
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Is there any evidence that might suggest that Mario Gigante took over the Cockeyed Nick Ratteni crew from Yonker/Westchester?
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I don´t know. Rattenni´s crew was probably disbanded shortly after his death. Mario Gigante is identified as a captain by the FBI on a list dated September 1983. He was also convicted of loansharking that year. He was not identified as a captain by Cafaro in 1988, suggesting he was no longer a captain. In the mid 1970s, he was indicted on charges of participating in a $50 million a year gambling operation in New York City that allegedly took bets on horse races and other sports events. With him were also Alfred Bonfiglio, Dan DiGiacomo and Vito DiSalvo indicted, suggesting these three worked for him. Vito DiSalvo is later identified as being under Buster Ardito. In his loansharking conviction of 1983, a Frank Vodola was also found guilty. Another thing to consider is may be the fact that Rudy Santobello´s social club on Webster Avenue in the Bronx had previously been owned by Mario Gigante. I tend to believe though that Mario was with his brother and that the informer who claimed Mario Gigante was with a "Mulberry Street crew" (see original post) was simply wrong. When he was identified as a captain by the FBI in September 1983, he was so as a captain of his brother´s old crew.
These are the others identified on that list (out of towners not listed; Boiardo, Gatto and Scibelli):
- Jimmy Alo
- Johnny Buonarobo
- Thomas Contaldo
- Pete DeFeo
- redacted
- Louie Gaccione
- Mario Gigante
- Matty Ianniello
- Joe Loiacono
- Tommy Lombardi
- Sammy Santora
Note that the list goes in alphabetic order, so the first letter in the the redacted last name should be a D, E, or F.