6 charged in Genovese bust

[JohnnyS]

This is the dad. He was indicted as a Genovese associate and was Louis Moscatiello's brother in law.

https://www.nj.gov/oag/ge/exclusion/campanella_john.pdf

[OcSleeper]

Thanks for sharing Johnny

[B.]

Yeah it looks like Joe Jr. is probably the son of Genovese member Johnny Beans Campanella. John Campanella Sr.'s mother was the sister of Angelo Tuminaro.

Joe Beans Campanella was made with the Bonannos, as was a Mario Campanella.

[SonnyBlackstein]

This is the dad. He was indicted as a Genovese associate and was Louis Moscatiello's brother in law.

https://www.nj.gov/oag/ge/exclusion/campanella_john.pdf

Lists race as Hispanic??

[B.]

More strange is this part:

John Campanella, Jr. is an associate (Giovane D'Honore "Mafia Associate") of the Genovese Organized Crime Family

Giovane d'onore means "young man of honor" and is used in Sicily to mean associate but weird to see it used by NJ Gaming Enforcement about a Genovese associate.

Has anyone ever seen that term used in the US?

[OcSleeper]

This is the dad. He was indicted as a Genovese associate and was Louis Moscatiello's brother in law.

https://www.nj.gov/oag/ge/exclusion/campanella_john.pdf

Do you or anyone have a obituary for Moscatiello? I can't seem to find one.

[Dr031718]

Any one seen the sentence for Balsamo?

[Ivan]

More strange is this part:

John Campanella, Jr. is an associate (Giovane D'Honore "Mafia Associate") of the Genovese Organized Crime Family

Giovane d'onore means "young man of honor" and is used in Sicily to mean associate but weird to see it used by NJ Gaming Enforcement about a Genovese associate.

Has anyone ever seen that term used in the US?

I'm almost positive I've seen transcripts of wiretaps where someone said it, but not from law enforcement. Could be faulty memory on my part though.

[johnny_scootch]

More strange is this part:

John Campanella, Jr. is an associate (Giovane D'Honore "Mafia Associate") of the Genovese Organized Crime Family

Giovane d'onore means "young man of honor" and is used in Sicily to mean associate but weird to see it used by NJ Gaming Enforcement about a Genovese associate.

Has anyone ever seen that term used in the US?

I'm almost positive I've seen transcripts of wiretaps where someone said it, but not from law enforcement. Could be faulty memory on my part though.

I can see it maybe being used by street guy who speaks Italian but it’s odd to see it being used by a U.S. government agency.

[aray22]

I thought this once again proves how the Genovese tries to avoid introducing new members to other families. This is from the Calisi sentencing memo in the FBI files

"Several examples of Calisi’s supervisory authority are detailed in the presentence report. (PSR ¶¶ 21-26). Other examples include Balsamo requesting permission from Calisi to introduce Campanella to a member of the Bonnano Family in order to act a go- between for them"

[The Greek]

A mobster whose links to disgraced Bronx County Clerk Luis Diaz led to the pol’s conviction last year was ordered Thursday to serve just 22 months in prison for an unrelated racketeering scheme.

Reputed Genovese associate Thomas Poli — who pleaded guilty in September to threatening people who didn’t pay their gambling debts — got the lenient penalty from Manhattan federal Judge John Koeltl.

Poli was also fined $200,000.

Under federal sentencing guidelines, the gangster could have gotten a minimum of 33 months and a max of 41 months.

But judges aren’t bound by these guidelines.

Poli, 66, admitted to being a part of a Bronx-based bookkeeping operation that included five other Genovese mobsters, including Poli’s son and two capos.

“I just want to apologize to my family and the court,” Poli said before the sentencing.

Poli’s lawyer Calvin Scholar asked Koeltl for leniency not only because of the gangster’s age, but because of his role in caring for an autistic grandson.

The lawyer added that a long prison stint would also end Poli’s legit business, M&L Vending, a vending machine equipment and supplies company.

Scholar asserted that Poli wasn’t likely to commit another crime in the future.

“He’s had a life that has touched a lot of people,” Scholar said, as Poli’s family members looked on from the courtroom gallery.

Meanwhile, Manhattan Assistant US Attorney Rushmi Bhaskaran said it wasn’t Poli’s first conviction, and didn’t buy the argument that Poli’s family would keep him in line.

“All of this occurred when the defendant had serious family obligations,” Bhaskaran said.

Koeltl, however, said he considered Poli’s grandson, his business and the fact that Poli was the first person to plead guilty in the case in handing down a lighter sentence.

In July 2022, Diaz was convicted of accepting a bribe after lying to a Bronx court that Poli had fulfilled community service in a 2019 criminal case.

Diaz was barred from holding public office again or working for nonprofits in the state.

He also had to complete 100 hours of community service.

Last month, two other Genovese co-defendants of Poli — mob captain Nicholas Calisi, 54, and soldier John Campanella, 48 — were sentenced by Koeltl to 24 months and 13 months, respectively.

All the men were charged in April 2022 with gambling and extortion in a scheme that ran from 2011 through 2022.

At Poli’s plea hearing, he admitted he “yelled at people and threatened them” when they didn’t make good on their gambling debts.

[Tonyd621]

They should start giving fhe gamblers sentences out of just being f*cking idiots. If you can legally bet in your state and you still choose to bet with a connected guy, who's fault is that?

[newera_212]

They should start giving fhe gamblers sentences out of just being f*cking idiots. If you can legally bet in your state and you still choose to bet with a connected guy, who's fault is that?

I kind of wonder the same thing, but I'm a younger guy and I'm not a heavy or sharp bettor.

No taxes, getting a line of credit, possibly slightly better odds, being a Boomer, etc. are all reasons why people still bet with their old school book. Can't even call it old school, either - since everyone does PPH sites / web interfaces.

My Uncle loves to bet futures (he bet the Nats to win the 2019 WS before the all star break and cleaned up pretty good) and was saying that his guy doesn't make him pay until the bet is closed out. Betting a future on FanDuel has you paying today for an event taking place months from now - tough pill to swallow for some people. I was trying to get my Dad to sign up for FanDuel because I know he'd love it - just doing $5-$10 small bets on random shit , and as soon as he found it out he needed to give his real name, SSN, etc. he said "no way" - still doesn't comprehend that it's legal lol

[Tonyd621]

They should start giving fhe gamblers sentences out of just being f*cking idiots. If you can legally bet in your state and you still choose to bet with a connected guy, who's fault is that?

I kind of wonder the same thing, but I'm a younger guy and I'm not a heavy or sharp bettor.

No taxes, getting a line of credit, possibly slightly better odds, being a Boomer, etc. are all reasons why people still bet with their old school book. Can't even call it old school, either - since everyone does PPH sites / web interfaces.

My Uncle loves to bet futures (he bet the Nats to win the 2019 WS before the all star break and cleaned up pretty good) and was saying that his guy doesn't make him pay until the bet is closed out. Betting a future on FanDuel has you paying today for an event taking place months from now - tough pill to swallow for some people. I was trying to get my Dad to sign up for FanDuel because I know he'd love it - just doing $5-$10 small bets on random shit , and as soon as he found it out he needed to give his real name, SSN, etc. he said "no way" - still doesn't comprehend that it's legal lol

I still wager the "classic" way but when I look at something like the hr derby props-it is interesting to see what all these publicly traded sportsbook come up with. My "classic" book doesn't want to put those out there and for good reason. My guy was telling me his kid in college and his friends starting up an acct on his book and they put some unique props out there for them and they got crushed so they pulled it back. He told his kid and his friends to kick rocks basically and If your going to do that do that on dk or fd or sugarhouse. Lol

[peteyboxcars]

This is the dad. He was indicted as a Genovese associate and was Louis Moscatiello's brother in law.

https://www.nj.gov/oag/ge/exclusion/campanella_john.pdf

Lists race as Hispanic??

That's how he identifies. His pronouns are : Ese, amigo, hombre.....