Current Chicago Players 2020

[Villain]

This is a project that Pete and I recently managed to finish mainly with the help of at last half a dozen individuals and it’s about today’s alleged Outfit-connected guys who still roam the streets of Chicago. Before I begin I would like to thank Pete and all of the guys who helped me in the creation of this so-called list but almost all of them chose to remain anonymous, mainly because some are still living in those same neighborhoods and some are related to those alleged Outfit-connected people. So if someone decides to come open, feel free to do it yourself. Again, I have nothing to do with this information since I don’t live in the Chicago area and all of the props go to my accomplices.

Back in the old days or during the 1950’s and 60s, when the Chicago Outfit was at its peak, the organization was formed by around 25 crews, including both Italian and non-Italian, under the jurisdiction of four territorial bosses and one top administration. As time passed by that same number of crews went down on much lower scale out of various reasons, like for example by the early 1970s the old Capone guard was completely gone and by the mid 1990’s, two whole factions, the North Side and Chicago Heights groups were completely “eliminated” by law enforcement.

By the end of the 90s, they were down to 5 crews, including Elmwood Park, Melrose Park, Cicero, Grand Av and Chinatown, but by 2006, the Melrose Park crew was also completely shut down and their territory was allegedly absorbed by the leading Cicero crew at the time, and they were down to two factions or two territorial bosses, North/West and Cicero/South.

Interesting information is that during that same time period, the Elmwood Park crew allegedly closed shop, meaning they stopped expanding their membership and decreased their illegal activities and also became more semi-legit by being involved in various legitimate enterprises with the help of “donations” given to local politicians.

Other sources say that the Elmwood Park crew was allegedly still active by having a seat on the top administration together with the Cicero mob. After the Family Secrets trials, the boss of the Outfit was Cicero’s rep Mike Sarno and he allegedly still kicked up illegal proceedings to the alleged top boss at the time, John DiFronzo.

Whatever is the truth, something obviously was happening with DiFronzo’s own crew since most of the information at the time says that they were still infiltrating themselves in the legitimate world and most of the cases from late 2000’s and early 2010’s that included the Elmwood Park crew were small time.

The Elmwood Park crew used to be the leading group of the North/West faction and if they took a step back from the illegal rackets, then it is quite possible that they were no longer part of the Outfit, or they stayed in some type of connection only regarding the legitimate stuff and money laundering. There are also some rumors that the Cicero/South faction was only making their own people, meaning some say that Sarno brought around 4 or 5 additional made members.

This also means that the only crew from the old North/West mob that was still involved in illegal operations was the Grand Av group headed by Albie Vena. According to the reports, some Grand Av guys were still connected in burglaries and allegedly some narcotics operations. Some say that Vena allegedly absorbed or remained in connection with some members of the old Elmwood Park crew who were still involved in some illegal schemes to an extent, such as Tony Dote and possibly Rudy Fratto.

So after the imprisonment of the Outfit’s boss Mike Sarno in 2010 and also after the alleged closure of the Elmwood Park crew, it seems that the century old Chicago Outfit no longer had a top level administration or a controlling “body” whose purpose is to keep the organization in one piece.

We still have some allegations such as DiFronzo’s number two guy Joe Andriacchi being the top boss of the Outfit during the mid 2010’s, or one of their most trusted associates Marco D’Amico being the Outfit’s advisor, but it seems that all of that information leads nowhere since by 2014 DiFronzo completely began losing his mind due to Alzheimer’s disease, followed by Andriacchi who one or two years later also developed some serious illness. On top of that some sources say that D’Amico wasn’t even a member of the Mafia or he never went through an induction process, although the made member status in the Outfit was always a relative situation, meaning back in the old days they had non-Italians on the top administration, and also additional examples with Italians being made after 30 or 40 years active careers and shortly after that, instantly bumped to bosses of their own crews or capos.

I personally believe in the theory that history always repeats itself, meaning at the beginning or even before Al Capone became a big shot in Chicago, there were two factions or “crime families” which ruled both corruption and the underworld at the time and so it seems that today we have very similar image with the factions being completely separate or connected to an extent, without any top administration or a ruling body, just elder statesmen or crew bosses with old time reputation. Don’t forget that not all of these guys are made members, since some of them are probably associates and some are even middlemen, and feel free to give your opinion on some additional names or regarding possible mistakes.



Cicero/Chinatown/South Side

James Inendino Boss (owns a currency exchange and a trucking company)

Mike Spano Sr (semi-retired)

Mike Posner (runs Casino in Aruba)

Dino Marino

Nick Cataudella

Paul Carparelli

Fred Barbara (possibly semi-retired)

Andy Rovito (Inendino’s newphew)

Gigi Rovito (Inendino’s newphew)

Dom Montagna

Steve Porrino

Mark Montana

Steve Panzarella

Sam Marcello (possibly legit)

Rocco Marcello

Joe Bastone

Jamie Bastone

Bill Dastice (brother's in law with on the of the Spano's and his father in law was former Assistant State's Attorney William Pileggi)

Bill DelPercio (son of Elmer "Healthy" DelPercio, has something to do in construction and his family is related to the Daddono's and Willie Daddono would have been his uncle)

Anthony Giannone

Vincent Forliano (Forliano I think is harry Aleman stepson or there’s something relation there)

Mike Zitello (semi-retired in Florida)

Gill Valerio

Eddie Gobbo Sr. (related to Bill Hanhardt, by marriage and he’s a real estate developer and best friends with Alex Pissios from Cinespace)

Bill Pacella (Gobbo’s associate)

Dominick DiMaggio (Sam Carlisi’s nephew)

Nick DiMaggio (Sam Carlisi’s nephew)

Peter Frigo

Chris Martcotte

Frank Caruso Chinatown/South (semi-retired or completely retired)

Bruno Caruso (semi-retired or completely retired)

Frank Caruso Jr

Michael Talarico (semi-retired and possibly ousted as an alleged informant)

Nick Ferriola

Nick Ferro (his family allegedly owns a few restaurants around Chinatown)

Carmen Bertucci (related to old time member Charles Bertucci and also related to the Roti family)

Nick Spazio

Casey Szaflarski

Paul Dicaro (possibly retired)

Donald DiFazio

Vito Salamone

Joe Salamone

Bruno Mancari

Joseph Johnston

Sam Sarcinelli

Joseph Mangiamele



Grand Av/Elmwood Park/North Side

Albie Vena Boss (allegedly visits Richards Bar)

Tony Dote EP/Grand Av

Carl Dote EP

Bobby Abbinanti EP/Grand Av

Christy Spina Grand Av (owns a lot of property on Grand Ave and possibly owns the Aberdeen Tap on Hubbard and Aberdeen)

Bobby Dominic Grand Av (involvement with Richard's/La Scarola and he either legally or under the table owns or controls that building)

John Matassa Jr. EP/Grand Av (semi-retired)

Rudy Fratto EP (semi-retired)

Anthony Buttitta EP (alleged lieutenant of Fratto)

Dominick Butitta EP

Mike Swiatek Grand Av (semi-retired) (allegedly hangs around Vinnie's Subs or the hardware store next to it)

Tony Ingraffia EP (Tony's Finer Foods)

Dom Gambino EP (Tony's Finer Foods)

Paul Butera Sr EP (Board member of Casa Italia club in Stone Park) (semi-retired)

Mike Lupo Sr (Lupo’s son) EP (semi-retired)

Mike Lupo Jr EP (the Lupo’s own the MDM Equipment Services in EP)

Vince Gumma EP (connected to the Lupo’s and their company)

Pete Volpe EP (member of Casa Italia club in Stone Park)

Bill Tenuta Melrose Park (related to the Andriacchi's, Spina's and Nigro's and involved in prostitution)

Guy Urgo Melrose Park (son of Michael Urgo, who was killed in front of his home while protecting his father-in-law Guido DiChiaro, runs a book in Melrose Park)

Mike Grajewski (owns a restaurant called "Uncle Mike's Place", and he is a Grand Ave associate. His place was also featured in the movie "Last Rites of Joe May". Mike was buddies with Dennis Farina (who starred in the film), which is how that happened)

Nick Saraceno (selling owner signs down Grand Ave, and he was indicted in the early 2000's with William DeDomenico, involved in gambling a fixing games)

Sam Cozzo (Jimmy’s son and lieutenant in Chicago PD)

Rich Bravieri (brother of Joe Bravieri and should be in his 60s)

Mike Schivarelli

Pete Schivarelli

Tony Lumbrazo

Pete LaBalestra

Anthony Quaranta

Robert DiDiana

William Daddono Jr (possibly semi-retired)

Nick Boscarino

Demitri Stavropoulos

Anthony Quaranta

Joseph Giacchino


Other alleged Outfit-connected guys: Mike Raguso, Jimmy Diguilio, Tony Levato, Vincent Delgiudice (indicted on gambling charges), Dominick Poeta (indicted on gambling charges), Sam Cecola, Rick Rizzolo, Joe Divita, Perry Mandera, Dominic Cassano, Gino Cassano, Joe Mangiamele, Vincenzo Ercolino, Tom and Chris Giuliano, Gil Valerio, Frank Adamo, Santino Colella, Vito Pesoli, Ronald DeRosa, Mike Petruzzi, Robert Dinella

Imprisoned members and associates: James Marcello, Mike Sarno, Robert Panozzo, Paul Schiro, Paul Koroluk, Mario Rainone (released)

Alleged retired members and associates: Salvatore DeLaurentis, Salvatore Cataudella, Joseph Andriacchi, Pete DiFronzo, Robert Bellavia, Gary Gagliano, Nick Guzzino, Rocco Lombardo, Al Mitria, Larry Pettit, Joey Cusumano, Fred Portyla, Vito Iozzo (possibly ousted as informant) (the retired members and associates list might be bigger considering some of the alleged semi-retired guys in the previous lists)

[cavita]

Perry Mandera made the news for a while there and then I heard no more about him. I wonder where he is today.

[Frank]

Thanks great list. The Nick Roti entry is very interesting. Chief of Bureau of Organized Crime. How is he related to Fred? Its amazing he was allowed to even be in the Bureau, let alone be chief.

[PolackTony]

Thanks great list. The Nick Roti entry is very interesting. Chief of Bureau of Organized Crime. How is he related to Fred? Its amazing he was allowed to even be in the Bureau, let alone be chief.

A question that I have is whether he is related to the Southside Rotis or the Rotis by Grand Ave -- though they're all actually the same Rotis going back to the old country. The Roti, Andriacchi, Spina, Tassione, Bertucci (I think Barbara also) families are all intermarried and closely knit families from Simbario, Vibo Valentia, Calabria. Some settled in the Chinatown area and some in the Grand Ave area, but maintained strong connections to each other (and to relatives back in Simbario) over the years.

[Villain]

Bruno Roti Sr succeeded Phil D'Andrea and he was the creator of the so-called Roti clan who infiltrated them in the First Ward, Chicagos judicial system and police force, and he had his hole family placed on the citys payroll. D'Andreas main power in the political world used to be Jake Guzik and so when D'Andrea died during the early 50s, followed by Guziks semi-retirement, Roti was the one who succeeded all of it. So it seems the familys influence was so huge during those days, that even in present times we can still see some of Rotis descendants in Chicagos system

@Cavita i have no idea

[Jimmy Napoli]

Great research.Thanks.
For 10-15 years,it will be only NY 5 fams,worth it to count as LCN.Jersey,Chicago,Detroit,even Philly.C'mon.

[Villain]

It is interesting to point out two important things regarding this project or should i say, regarding today's Chicago Outfit.

First, the whole theory regarding todays small number of active members is possibly true since we probably have between 10 and 15 members allegedly still being in action. Also, if we add the Cicero guys who were allegedly made by Sarno himself during the late 2000's, than we might reach the number 20, but we still dont have any complete evidence regarding this last statement.

Now, if we count all of those listed names, we have less than 70 individuals allegedly involved in all kinds of activities, meaning being active on the streets, in the legitimate world and in Chicagos system. Lets say 15 guys are made members and the rest are associates, and lets say that every associate has around 2 or 3 connected guys, a theory which leads to the second main point.

So the second point is that the Outfit is still alive to an extent in whatever form, meaning they either still have a top admin or they dont, and it seems that both factions are still in some "blurry" connection by still having gathering places around Chicago, often visited by younger criminals. Some say that one of those places is Da Lucianos in River Grove, and also some of my sources say that the so-called Chicago/Genovese connection is still alive considering some of their alleged ops with a certain and very well known Chicago company, followed by the recent picture of one of Jimmy Marcellos descendants together with a Genovese soldier.

So we are left again with two final scenarios...one is that the Outfit will be completely dead in 10 or 15 years from now, or they still have or will develop a new top administration that will lead the syndicate as one piece in the future, since all they have to do is make new guys or simply bring their closest of associates at the top of the organization and continue the almost non-existent and "cancerous" CN influence like in ancient times.

[Confederate]

It is interesting to point out two important things regarding this project or should i say, regarding today's Chicago Outfit.

First, the whole theory regarding todays small number of active members is possibly true since we probably have between 10 and 15 members allegedly still being in action. Also, if we add the Cicero guys who were allegedly made by Sarno himself during the late 2000's, than we might reach the number 20, but we still dont have any complete evidence regarding this last statement.

Now, if we count all of those listed names, we have less than 70 individuals allegedly involved in all kinds of activities, meaning being active on the streets, in the legitimate world and in Chicagos system. Lets say 15 guys are made members and the rest are associates, and lets say that every associate has around 2 or 3 connected guys, a theory which leads to the second main point.

So the second point is that the Outfit is still alive to an extent in whatever form, meaning they either still have a top admin or they dont, and it seems that both factions are still in some "blurry" connection by still having gathering places around Chicago, often visited by younger criminals. Some say that one of those places is Da Lucianos in River Grove, and also some of my sources say that the so-called Chicago/Genovese connection is still alive considering some of their alleged ops with a certain and very well known Chicago company, followed by the recent picture of one of Jimmy Marcellos descendants together with a Genovese soldier.

So we are left again with two final scenarios...one is that the Outfit will be completely dead in 10 or 15 years from now, or they still have or will develop a new top administration that will lead the syndicate as one piece in the future, since all they have to do is make new guys or simply bring their closest of associates at the top of the organization and continue the non-existent and "cancerous" CN influence like in ancient times.

Very nicely done. My compliments as always to You, Pete & whoever else contributed. I believe Carparelli is still incarcerated. No?

[Villain]

It is interesting to point out two important things regarding this project or should i say, regarding today's Chicago Outfit.

First, the whole theory regarding todays small number of active members is possibly true since we probably have between 10 and 15 members allegedly still being in action. Also, if we add the Cicero guys who were allegedly made by Sarno himself during the late 2000's, than we might reach the number 20, but we still dont have any complete evidence regarding this last statement.

Now, if we count all of those listed names, we have less than 70 individuals allegedly involved in all kinds of activities, meaning being active on the streets, in the legitimate world and in Chicagos system. Lets say 15 guys are made members and the rest are associates, and lets say that every associate has around 2 or 3 connected guys, a theory which leads to the second main point.

So the second point is that the Outfit is still alive to an extent in whatever form, meaning they either still have a top admin or they dont, and it seems that both factions are still in some "blurry" connection by still having gathering places around Chicago, often visited by younger criminals. Some say that one of those places is Da Lucianos in River Grove, and also some of my sources say that the so-called Chicago/Genovese connection is still alive considering some of their alleged ops with a certain and very well known Chicago company, followed by the recent picture of one of Jimmy Marcellos descendants together with a Genovese soldier.

So we are left again with two final scenarios...one is that the Outfit will be completely dead in 10 or 15 years from now, or they still have or will develop a new top administration that will lead the syndicate as one piece in the future, since all they have to do is make new guys or simply bring their closest of associates at the top of the organization and continue the non-existent and "cancerous" CN influence like in ancient times.

Very nicely done. My compliments as always to You, Pete & whoever else contributed. I believe Carparelli is still incarcerated. No?

Thanks a lot bud and as i already said, all of the props goes to my accomplices. I really dont know....if he is, than ill transfer him to the imprisoned members list

[mlm0047]

any chance you have the ages of the active guys?

[Pogo The Clown]

any chance you have the ages of the active guys?

If I'm not mistaken these are the updated ages of the remaining members. Some might be a year older than listed.


Joseph "Joe the Builder" Andriacchi/87
Robert Bellavia/79
Bruno Caruso/74
Frank “Tootsie” Caruso Jr/73
Nicholas Cataudella /58
Salvatore “Sammy Cards” Cataudella/66
Salvatore “Solly D” DeLaurentis/81
Peter “Greedy Petey” DiFronzo/85
Rudolph “Ruddy/The Chin” Fratto Jr/76
Gary Gagliano/76
Nicholas Guzzino/77
James “Jimmy I” Inendino/78
Rocco Lombardo/83
Michael “Mikey Mags/Good Looking Mike” Magnifichi/57
James “Jimmy the Man” Marcello/76 (IP/L)
John "Pudgy" Matassa/68 (UI)
Lawrence “Larry” Petit/90
Michael “Fat Boy/Big Mike” Sarno/62 (IP/10/1/2032)
Michael Spano Sr/78
Michael C. Talarico/67
Albert “Albie the Falcone” Vena/71


Pogo

[funkster]

Perry Mandera made the news for a while there and then I heard no more about him. I wonder where he is today.

Last I recall Perry Mandera was getting involved in the legalized weed business.

[aleksandrored]

This is amazing, thanks for the list, it is interesting to see that Outfit still has 70 people involved in total, and I found it more interesting that to be separate gangs without top management, like 100 years ago, just like Capone's gang and Moran, it will be interesting to see how Outfit will look over the years, maybe if guys like Ricca and Accardo appear, Outfit can "get up", although I think it is difficult, but if they are still active today then nothing is impossible.

[aleksandrored]

One doubt: in illegal activities, are reports that Outfit is involved in gambling, burglaries and narcotics, just these activities?

[Villain]

any chance you have the ages of the active guys?

Pogo already gave you the ages of the old made guys and so ill try to gather the ages regarding the rest of the guys on both lists, and im also waiting for some rare photos