Skinny Joey

[furiofromnaples]

They were highly structured in late 2015 when a boss, acting boss, underboss, and consigliere were identified and taped inducting new members plus telling them which captain they're assigned to.

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[CornerBoy]

Remember when dave and anastasia said borgesi went legit? Now hes running the show. Dont believe everything you read.

Believe very little of what you read esp re military, politics, organized crime groups.

[CornerBoy]

Joey drives a Rolls Royce and stays at the Manderin and the four season in italy for a couple weeks at a time. These hotels are 1500 a night plus. Which means he’s spending prolly around 50k for a two week vacation. Must be nice to the boss. He deserves it! He’s a man’s man and risked life,limb and liberty to make it to that spot! God bless and keep on keeping on!

mandarin in milan is a lot more than 1500. every breakfast is like 100 bucks pp. and these crazy fees.

4 seasons just north of florence? 15K p week minimum

im sure he has a few foreign gazillionaires that just give him money. so much money in boca/palm bch etc area.

he dont own his own car or has these ppl just buy him shit. JOEY IS ALL SHOW, NO DOUGH

[Cheech]

This was a good thread, some people should really review the posts they made in light of the Capeci article but honestly if you were ever around any wiseguys EVER you knew that talk show was the end of the end for Joey. Not the beginning of the end but the end end of his days in that life and Joeys not stupid, he knew it too.

Well to be fair. Mikey Scars (ex gambino captain) in his podcast said he is surprised by the shelving and months ago still thought if joey wanted to meet with ny bosses they would. So I dont think its obvious as you make it sound to be.

[Cheech]

What if this is the best thing to happen to joey. Good luck trying a case on him now. The authority on mafia has him shelved. Lets see who goes to his 70th bday then we’ll all know. Mayoface will be taking pics from the bushes.


arrivederci per ora amici miei

[CornerBoy]

How dare they besmirch the good name of the greatest fiction author in the western hemisphere. And what's with the British accent? Who does Joey think he is, Sir Walter Raleigh?

WHY are you so jealous of Scott. maybe he got a few things wrong but he knowss more than most oc journalists and certainly knows a lot more than someone like you. he could give interesting shit to the forum but prob wont b.c of assholes like you. try being nice. highly doubt you're this confrontational in real life.

[Wiseguy]

How dare they besmirch the good name of the greatest fiction author in the western hemisphere. And what's with the British accent? Who does Joey think he is, Sir Walter Raleigh?

WHY are you so jealous of Scott. maybe he got a few things wrong but he knowss more than most oc journalists and certainly knows a lot more than someone like you. he could give interesting shit to the forum but prob wont b.c of assholes like you. try being nice. highly doubt you're this confrontational in real life.

First, learn to use the quote function. Second, he's gotten a lot more than "a few things" wrong. Third, he knows more about making elaborate mob fantasy charts but that's about it. Fourth, my comment above was pure wit mixed with some Sopranos, not confrontational. Now mind run along and mind your own business.

[scott22]

Wiseguy ,

Can you at least acknowledge I was out in front of this NYC/Merlino story when NOBODY else was and people like you were (continue) to slander me ?

At least give me credit for telling everyone the most compelling/historically consequential LCN story of the past two and a half decades 8 whole months before your boy Capeci did who you and others are praising.

Can we just agree this was MY scoop from the jump or will you and your crew of arm chair experts just conveniently forget that part ?

Scott

[johnny_scootch]

Mikey Scars (ex gambino captain) in his podcast said he is surprised by the shelving

Anyone who is surprised a made guy and a boss no less may have been taken down and shelved for having a podcast where he talks about the mafia, crimes he’s committed and goads the Feds the entire time is an idiot. Ex Gambino captain / current rat bastards included.

[Wiseguy]

Wiseguy ,

Can you at least acknowledge I was out in front of this NYC/Merlino story when NOBODY else was and people like you were (continue) to slander me ?

At least give me credit for telling everyone the most compelling/historically consequential LCN story of the past two and a half decades 8 whole months before your boy Capeci did who you and others are praising.

Can we just agree this was MY scoop from the jump or will you and your crew of arm chair experts just conveniently forget that part ?

Scott

I'll always give credit where it's due. I've done that in the past with you and your Leonetti book which I thought was great. I don't recall your reporting on Merlino being shelved/Borgesi taking over, but if that was the case, then I'll give you credit for the "scoop."

The issue is, with a lot of your reporting - and I say this keeping in mind how difficult reporting on a criminal organization would be - comes down to what is the rule and what is the exception. Speaking of Capeci, when he gets something wrong and has to do a retraction, people tend to be surprised because it's rather unusual for him. It's the exception, even in the more recent years when he's been "phoning it in" a lot. With much of your reporting, it's the other way around. You report something, and it ends up being right, and people are genuinely surprised. Getting it right is the exception.

[B.]

It's a very interesting story and you were leading the charge on it but it's not the most compelling / historically consequential story of the last 25 years, or even one of them. Come on, Scott haha.

[B.]

My understanding is Scott previously published that the NYC Families were putting pressure on Merlino and Philly over the podcast.

I "heard" the same thing independent of him a while back as well. Nothing specifically about being shelved or taken down, but it was certainly implied that the Genovese and Gambino Families saw his behavior as a disgrace to Cosa Nostra and we know what that entails. What I was told (I know who the original "source" was, who is 100% in a position to know, but I myself am not in touch with them) is that after the release of the podcast NYC Families were instructing members not to meet with Merlino or have anything to do with him.

[Ivan]

My understanding is Scott previously published that the NYC Families were putting pressure on Merlino and Philly over the podcast.

He's posted about it many times starting from about February.

https://gangsterreport.com/joeys-pals-n ... mediately/

[Brovelli]

End of the day why is there all this back and forth? Everyone is on this forum because they are interested in the mafia, everyone has the same interest so why this bullshit back and forth all the time among like minded people. Question Scott and them on reports for sure, reports have been questionable but as we’ve seen some have proven accurate. I just duno how people have the energy to argue about it all, it’s a secret society that until there’s an indictment or an informant we do not know anything for a fact. Speculate and debate but why sit around arguing about things that no one knows for a fact unless you’re in the life or are an fbi agent.

[CornerBoy]

How dare they besmirch the good name of the greatest fiction author in the western hemisphere. And what's with the British accent? Who does Joey think he is, Sir Walter Raleigh?

WHY are you so jealous of Scott. maybe he got a few things wrong but he knowss more than most oc journalists and certainly knows a lot more than someone like you. he could give interesting shit to the forum but prob wont b.c of assholes like you. try being nice. highly doubt you're this confrontational in real life.

First, learn to use the quote function. Second, he's gotten a lot more than "a few things" wrong. Third, he knows more about making elaborate mob fantasy charts but that's about it. Fourth, my comment above was pure wit mixed with some Sopranos, not confrontational. Now mind run along and mind your own business.

i told you not to talk back. what has he gotten wrong? The sopranos? good use of yyour time to watch a TV SHOW over and over and over. if you disagree with him, politely offer your point of view. Don't borderline slander him. keep believing everything you read and all the government bullshit. im too busy to bother with you, keep quiet and limit your input to your stupid lists- stop besmirching ppl. Scott is in an entirely different category than jeff nadu etc.