by willychichi » Mon Mar 13, 2017 2:47 am
How the feds taking down mob boss ‘Vinny Gorgeous’ helped pad a Bronx police chief's wallet
When the feds crippled the Bonanno crime family in the late 2000s, there was a surprising winner — one of the NYPD’s highest ranking officers.
Assistant Chief Edward Delatorre, a major real estate investor in the Bronx, scooped up four properties owned by or connected to acting boss Vincent Basciano — aka “Vinny Gorgeous” — and a mob captain, Dominick Cicale, who pleaded guilty to murder and testified against his old boss.
Delatorre’s bounty includes a piece of mafia history — a lot on Robinson Ave. where the gang held their induction ceremonies in the mid-2000s.
It also includes a series of complicated transactions for an apartment building that actually resulted in the mob essentially owing the chief’s wife more than $650,000.
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http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc ... -1.2995263How the feds taking down mob boss ‘Vinny Gorgeous’ helped pad a Bronx police chief's wallet
When the feds crippled the Bonanno crime family in the late 2000s, there was a surprising winner — one of the NYPD’s highest ranking officers.
Assistant Chief Edward Delatorre, a major real estate investor in the Bronx, scooped up four properties owned by or connected to acting boss Vincent Basciano — aka “Vinny Gorgeous” — and a mob captain, Dominick Cicale, who pleaded guilty to murder and testified against his old boss.
Delatorre’s bounty includes a piece of mafia history — a lot on Robinson Ave. where the gang held their induction ceremonies in the mid-2000s.
It also includes a series of complicated transactions for an apartment building that actually resulted in the mob essentially owing the chief’s wife more than $650,000.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/feds-takedown-mob-boss-vinny-gorgeous-paid-article-1.2995263