Merlino brags about killing

[JeremyTheJew]

Connie Brasco met with 2 bosses and actually say down with them and discussed crime. Teafficante and Ballisteri and this was at the times when hierarchy did mean something

[joeycigars]

Scott Burnsteins report about , Merlino talking on the tapes about his % of Cirrilos book and collections also moving the trial to Pennsylvania , It says these tapes are hundreds of hours of audio Merlino over the last five years .


://gangsterreport.com/the-skinny-joey-tapes-philly-mob-chief-making-old-impressions-new-once-again-per-recent-response-motion/



This week’s 67-page response motion filed by the U.S. Attorneys Office in New York gave us our first tiny glimpse at the hundreds of hours of audio surveillance evidence the government has compiled on alleged Philadelphia mob don Joseph (Skinny Joey) Merlino over the last five years. Besides his now already-famous opining on the ease of murdering those close to him, released in a brief transcript of the 55-year old Godfather talking to members of the New York mafia in a recording made in 2014 included in the motion filed in Merlino’s most-recent federal racketeering case Tuesday, mob watchers can catch a glimpse of Skinny Joey living up to his well-earned reputation as a master shakedown artist, slick underworld politician and gambling “guzzler” extraordinaire, too.

Authorities believe Merlino, 55, runs the Philadelphia mafia from his luxury condo in Boca Raton, Florida – he relocated to South Florida in early 2011 upon getting out of prison. Last summer, he was indicted out of New York City along with more than three dozen other alleged east coast wiseguys and mob powerhouses, for federal racketeering. Free on bond, he is charged with bookmaking and health-care fraud and is seeking to get his trial, scheduled for a January 2018 start date, moved from New York to Pennsylvania. Prosecutors are opposing the change of venue request.

Below is a breakdown of what this week’s government motion to block the defense team’s attempt to get the trial moved across state lines told us about Merlino’s alleged recent underworld affairs and his documented dealings with New York’s Genovese crime family. The lead defendants in the racketeering case are Merlino and Genovese captains Patsy Parrello and Eugene (Rooster) D’ Onofrio.

According to the motion, Merlino bragged to D’Onofrio of how little effort it took to whack somebody in the mob (“It’s easy to kill somebody…you’re my friend, you trust me, I tell you, drive me home right now, I get you in the car, I shoot you in the fucking head and it’s over with”) and had a piece of New York mafia associate Anthony (Wall Street Tony) Cirillo’s on-line sports gambling business. The 51-year old Cirillo splits his time between New Jersey and Boca Raton and has links to both the Gambino and Genovese crime families, per sources in law enforcement. He was indicted alongside Merlino in August 2016 and barred by the case’s judge from interacting with him at a mutual friend’s wedding back in the spring at a posh South Florida country club.

With Merlino as his partner in his booking activities, Cirillo had an ace in the hole. Per the motion, Cirillo used Merlino to intervene on his behalf to resolve debts. Merlino was recorded in 2013 telling a confidential informant that he got ten percent of Cirillo’s bookmaking operation.

This week’s motion also detailed a 2015 meeting of the minds between Genovese capo Danny Pagano, fellow Genovese Goodfella Anthony (Tony Muscles) Vazzano and Gambino soldier Daniel (Little Danny) Marino, Jr. where Marino, Jr. voiced concerns about Merlino not paying his gambling debts and Pagano telling him that D’Onofrio is responsible for getting the problem fixed. Dating all the way back to his time as a twentysomething mob associate running around South Philly and Atlantic City in the 1980s, Skinny Joey has built a world-class reputation as a “guzzler,” someone who places personal bets himself or wagers through a series off “cutouts” with no intention of repaying losses.

A winter 2014 recording made by an undercover FBI agent captured a meeting that occurred in Florida between D’Onofrio, Merlino and a young Merlino crony named Carmine Gallo discussing how best to collect an outstanding debt owed to Cirillo’s sport book. Merlino’s driver from 2012 through 2016, John (J.R.) Rubeo, introduced to him via Parrello, was an FBI confidential informant. D’Onofrio’s driver during that same period of time, introduced to him via Rubeo, was an undercover FBI agent.

When D’Onofrio was informed at the recorded meeting in February 2014 that a debtor had expressed fear of him, he responded with glee.

“Good….guess what? He should be afraid of me, I don’t play around,” D’Onofrio responded.


Danny Pagano
Pagano, 64, is the son of deceased Genovese crew boss Joe Pagano, who ran the Lower Hudson Valley region for the New York mob, was nailed for a daisy-chain bootlegging gasoline scam in 1998, following serving a state prison stint for racketeering earlier in the decade. He is in a New York halfway house until late August, finishing up a two-year federal prison term for bookmaking and loansharking.

D’Onofrio, 75, is the Genovese clan’s capo of crews in Manhattan’s Little Italy and Western Massachusetts and has done time behind bars for narcotics trafficking, sports booking, shylocking and second-degree murder (his conviction would be vacated). Vazzano, 52, allegedly works as an enforcer for Patsy Parrello in his Bronx crew stationed on Arthur Avenue. The 73-year old Parrello pled guilty in the spring. Marino, Jr.’s father, Danny Marino, Sr. is a reputed administrator in the Gambinos.

Prior to his arrest last summer, Cirillo controlled business affairs at a Wall Street trading firm called Princeton Securities through a trust and according to sources, is connected to mob crews in the Garden State belonging to Genovese capo Ludwig (Ninny) Bruschi and Gambino capo Alphonse (Funzi) Sisca.

Cirillo’s name popped up in a recent criminal investigation earlier probing Genovese syndicate gambling interests in New Jersey. In 2015, Genovese bookie Gary (Baldy) Latawiec was indicted for running one of the biggest sports books in the country out of the Tribeca Spa of Tranquility in Manhattan. Per court documents tied to the Polish 78-year old Latawiec’s case, Latawiec’s gambling business delivered proceeds in tribute envelopes of cash to Genovese higher-ups using Cirillo as an intermediary.

[Cheech]

its Onofrio not D'Onofrio

[PHL_Mob]

Tony Cirillo was a southern jersey associate with Merlino before Merlino went away in 2001. I thought he was with the Lucheses after Merlino went away (I think Philly lost a lot of sway in South Jersey when his crew went away plus Previte flipped). He must have relocated in the mid-to-early 2000s to North Jersey and realigned with the Genovese and Gambinos. My point is, I bet that is why Merlino has any claim to Cirillo's book let alone 10% partnership.

[Cheech]

Good info phl. Thanks

[scott22]

Cheech, thanks for checking me on misspelling Rooster's last name in my Gangster Report article (I edited it). Don't know why I was writing D'Onofiro lol

Scott

[Teddy Persico]

Were you thinking of Vincent D'Onofrio?

[SonnyBlackstein]

Cheech, thanks for checking me on misspelling Rooster's last name in my Gangster Report article (I edited it). Don't know why I was writing D'Onofiro lol

Scott

You state Daniel Marino as being in the current Gambino administration.

Can you elaborate on this? Position? Source?

Cheers

[Teddy Persico]

It seems Merlino is allied with the Genoveses, Ligami with the Gambinos, and as always, no one in Philly likes the Luccheses.

[BillyBrizzi]

Were you thinking of Vincent D'Onofrio?

Solid actor, was terrific as Kingpin..

Btw, I feel honored by your signature TP

[PHL_Mob]

Merlino and his inner circle appear to be at the very least friendly with the Lukes. Maybe that's just the Perna's and their mutual hatred for Scarfo Jr, but I know Joey hangs with the Perna's.

[Cheech]

Cheech, thanks for checking me on misspelling Rooster's last name in my Gangster Report article (I edited it). Don't know why I was writing D'Onofiro lol

Scott

my pleasure. i enjoy the articles

[Chucky]

It seems Merlino is allied with the Genoveses, Ligami with the Gambinos, and as always, no one in Philly likes the Luccheses.

Merlino & Ligambi have relationships with both families, and Merlino, like someone above said, has a relationship with the NJ Lucchese.

[jimmy_beans8]

MAKES SENSE,,,GOOD way to stay n d loop and cover your ass 3 ways

[JeremyTheJew]

Is the Cirillo he had a percent of related to the Genovese Cirillo admin?