How the feds taking down ‘Vinny Gorgeous’ padded a police chief's wallet

[willychichi]

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.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc ... -1.2995263

[SonnyBlackstein]

Great article. make sure you listen to the 8 minute summation.

Is that Cicale in red with Donato (?) and Basciano?

[Cheech]

Yes. Dom in red

[Nicholas]

Funny how the free market can equate to civil asset forfeiture

[SonnyBlackstein]

Thanks Cheech.