B. wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2019 3:03 pm
I'm mainly curious about the extent of Corrozzo's presence/influence in New Jersey. Stefanelli was a longtime Newark figure reporting to the Corozzo crew after he was made and cooperated, and Corozzo had also gotten close to NJ associate/cooperator Vollaro though that was apparently a prison connection. We were talking recently about how Philly Newark captain Joe Licata was recorded speculating how the release of the Corozzo brothers and DiMaria would impact the Gambino power structure, which might not have anything to do with Corozzo's presence in NJ but at least shows that his influence made its way into NJ gossip.
It's not uncommon for NYC-based crews to have members/associates living and even operating in NJ, but the Corozzo crew doesn't have much of a history there that I know. Would be curious if other NJ members were assigned to that crew or if the Stefanelli and Vollaro situations were exceptions. Hopefully more of Stefanelli's information eventually becomes public despite the "complications" attached to it.
Vollaro was coroZzos cell mate at fort dix He was placed with demaria when he got of prison , who running coroZzos crew while he was on paper
B, just to add some more on vollaro he was a staten island guy his dad was a major bookmaker there and was paying the gambinos , so his family already had connections to the gambinos , vollaro moved to jersey after his first release from prison in 1996 and was with corsaro .
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"if he's such A sports wizard , whys he tending bar ?" Nicky Scarfo
Joe Gambino (I'm pretty sure) brought in William Kane to their cafe before the 88 bust and John Gambino brought in someone too who ended up an informant but I can't remember who....I just recently read about it.
Super wrote: ↑Sun Dec 15, 2019 4:17 pm
like who Tommy ? Andrew didonato? vollaro who else?
Skins, sure there's one more, wasnt he pushing for Vallaro to be made too?
it appeared like Vallaro was a sucker they were bleeding dry
Yea, They were bleeding him dry with the intention of making him and placing him in the Corrozzo crew to continue to bleed him dry . And, Once a guy is kicking up that much he's expected to keep that amount going every month no matter what ! Vollaro probably said to himself, I'm not getting any reprieve here and this will only be worse once I'm inducted .
Super wrote: ↑Sun Dec 15, 2019 4:17 pm
like who Tommy ? Andrew didonato? vollaro who else?
Skins, sure there's one more, wasnt he pushing for Vallaro to be made too?
it appeared like Vallaro was a sucker they were bleeding dry
Yea, They were bleeding him dry with the intention of making him and placing him in the Corrozzo crew to continue to bleed him dry . And, Once a guy is kicking up that much he's expected to keep that amount going every month no matter what ! Vollaro probably said to himself, I'm not getting any reprieve here and this will only be worse once I'm inducted .
your watching to many movies , I highly doubt this sap was proposed by corozo. stranger things have happened. if you make him then you cant abuse him anymore
he was only required to pay if his company actually made money , the mob didnt even get money off this guy when a few of the ventures failed to earna profit.
he was a good earner though if they made him would he still have to pay protection ? The mob made a killing when vollaro sold his concrete plant
his dad was a bookie who paid protection and xmas money to the gambinos
"if he's such A sports wizard , whys he tending bar ?" Nicky Scarfo
Super wrote: ↑Sun Dec 15, 2019 4:17 pm
like who Tommy ? Andrew didonato? vollaro who else?
Skins, sure there's one more, wasnt he pushing for Vallaro to be made too?
it appeared like Vallaro was a sucker they were bleeding dry
Yea, They were bleeding him dry with the intention of making him and placing him in the Corrozzo crew to continue to bleed him dry . And, Once a guy is kicking up that much he's expected to keep that amount going every month no matter what ! Vollaro probably said to himself, I'm not getting any reprieve here and this will only be worse once I'm inducted .
your watching to many movies , I highly doubt this sap was proposed by corozo. stranger things have happened. if you make him then you cant abuse him anymore
he was only required to pay if his company actually made money , the mob didnt even get money off this guy when a few of the ventures failed to earna profit.
he was a good earner though if they made him would he still have to pay protection ? The mob made a killing when vollaro sold his concrete plant
his dad was a bookie who paid protection and xmas money to the gambinos
In the early 2010s, Bonanno ruling panel member Vinny Asaro considered inducting a crew member named Robert "Bam" Cotrone, but decided against it because it meant he wouldn't be able to bleed as much money from him. So yeah, I think being inducted gives you some sort of protection even against your own capo, especially if you can reach out to someone else in the family to start a beef.
Super wrote: ↑Sun Dec 15, 2019 4:17 pm
like who Tommy ? Andrew didonato? vollaro who else?
Skins, sure there's one more, wasnt he pushing for Vallaro to be made too?
it appeared like Vallaro was a sucker they were bleeding dry
Yea, They were bleeding him dry with the intention of making him and placing him in the Corrozzo crew to continue to bleed him dry . And, Once a guy is kicking up that much he's expected to keep that amount going every month no matter what ! Vollaro probably said to himself, I'm not getting any reprieve here and this will only be worse once I'm inducted .
your watching to many movies , I highly doubt this sap was proposed by corozzo
he was only required to pay if his company actually made money , the mob didnt even get money off this guy when a few of the ventures failed to earna profit.
Well who proposed him ? I remember reading back when it was all going on , With that NASCAR track etc. That someone was proposing him , I'm pretty sure it was Corrozzo , Maybe I'm wrong ? But yea , Your right they were bleeding him and he was handing over money to Corrozzo left n right ! If we can find the info it should be in there . I even think he was telling his wife that he was being proposed at the time and it was caught on wire . But , Corrozzo did tell him at some point he was on record with him and the Gambinos and soon he was putting him up for induction
Bklyn21 is right. Nicholas "Little Nick" Corozzo proposed Joseph Vollaro for membership into the crime family. Per the New York Times:
Between that attraction, and the access it brought, and his relationship with Nicholas Corozzo, a Gambino captain with whom he shared a prison cell in the 1990s, Mr. Vollaro became the sort of man whom Mr. Corrozzo spoke about inducting into the crime family, the investigators said.
gohnjotti wrote: ↑Sun Dec 15, 2019 9:30 pm
Bklyn21 is right. Nicholas "Little Nick" Corozzo proposed Joseph Vollaro for membership into the crime family. Per the New York Times:
Between that attraction, and the access it brought, and his relationship with Nicholas Corozzo, a Gambino captain with whom he shared a prison cell in the 1990s, Mr. Vollaro became the sort of man whom Mr. Corrozzo spoke about inducting into the crime family, the investigators said.
"Some investigators speculated that Mr. Corozzo was simply stringing the trucking executive along, seeking to keep him — and his thriving business — near."
"if he's such A sports wizard , whys he tending bar ?" Nicky Scarfo
Between that attraction, and the access it brought, and his relationship with Nicholas Corozzo, a Gambino captain with whom he shared a prison cell in the 1990s, Mr. Vollaro became the sort of man whom Mr. Corrozzo spoke about inducting into the crime family, the investigators said.
Some investigators speculated that Mr. Corozzo was simply stringing the trucking executive along, seeking to keep him — and his thriving business — near.
But unknown to Mr. Corozzo at the time, Mr. Vollaro had already been netted in a drug sting by the State Organized Crime Task Force, and had agreed to become a government witness. He wore a hidden recording device and captured his conversations with a range of accused mobsters, including Mr. Corozzo, the investigators said.
So it appears that it was actually the Task Force, federal prosecutors and the F.B.I. who were stringing Mr. Corozzo along, gauging his sincerity to try to determine whether he indeed intended to induct their informant into the family, a ceremony some among them were keen to record for posterity.
But the decision was made at some point that the induction ceremony for the trusted earner was not in the offing, the investigators said, and on Thursday the authorities began their roundup of 62 accused mob figures and associates, along with union and construction company officials. The charges include murder, racketeering, construction extortion, loan-sharking, drug trafficking and a range of other alleged crimes.
