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GAMBINO FAMILY SOLDIER CHARLES CARNEGLIA CONVICTED OF RACKETEERING CONSPIRA
2009-03-20 23:28:00 Benton J. Campbell, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, announced that a federal jury in Brooklyn returned a verdict today convicting Charles Carneglia of racketeering... More About: Family , Soldier , Racketeering
April Issue of Informer: The Journal of American Mafia History
2009-03-20 23:14:00 The City of the Big Shoulders has been on our minds, and the April issue of Informer: The Journal of American Mafia History is packed with interesting tales and little known information about...
Blackhand Strawman: The History of Organized Crime in Kansas City
2009-03-19 17:26:00 “Kansas City is like a lady of former ill-repute who is ashamed to talk about her past.” –Chuck Haddix.Haddix, longtime host of KCUR-FM’s popular “Fish Fry” program, was referring to our fair city’s... More About: History , Crime
Chicagoland Antique Advertising, Slot Machine & Juke Box Show
2009-03-19 01:24:00 The Chicagoland Antique Advertising , Slot Machine & Jukebox Show is being held April 3rd - April 5th at the Pheasant Run Resort.
Credit Crisis Creating Booming Business for Mob Loansharks
2009-03-17 04:05:00 When the bills started piling up and the banks wouldn't lend, the white-haired art dealer in the elegant tweed jacket said he drove to the outskirts of Rome and knocked on the rusty steel door of a... More About: Business , Credit , Creating , Crisis
Reputed Bonanno Caretaker Hitman Sentenced to Life in Prison
2009-03-17 04:00:00 The former caretaker of a historic Staten Island mansion has been sentenced to life in prison for killing a man before dismembering his body and burning the pieces in a furnace.Thirty-year-old Joseph... More About: Life , Prison , Hitman , Sentenced
Mob Mug Shot Collection Exceeds 10,000 Photos
2009-03-16 17:09:00 When mobster Lucky Luciano was being photographed by New York City police in 1936, he probably had no idea his mug shot would one day be sought after like a Babe Ruth baseball card. But to collectors... More About: Photos , Shot
Will Bernie Madoff Admit to Mob Ties at His Sentencing?
2009-03-14 16:33:00 Faced with a possible 150 year jail term, Bernard Madoff is thought to be considering whether he should plead guilty to other uncharged offences. This could be a way of improving his privileges... More About: Bernie
Does Al Capone Have a Grandson Who is a Real Estate Investor in Boston?
2009-03-14 16:24:00 A Boston real estate investor believes so strongly that his grandfather was a famous Chicago gangster that he’s legally changed his last name to Capone.Christopher Capone, formerly Christopher... More About: A Real Estate , Estate , Real Estate , Investor
Is John DiFronzo Now the Undisputed Boss of the Chicago Mob
2009-03-14 15:50:00 With last month's life sentences for several top hoodlums, Outfit investigators say John DiFronzo is now the undisputed boss of the Chicago mob.He's been called "No Nose" ever since part of his nose... More About: Boss
Charles Carneglia Trial Goes to the Jury
2009-03-14 15:42:00 The five-week-long racketeering conspiracy trial of reputed Gambino family executioner Charles Carneglia is expected to go to the jury today after closing arguments this week in which the defense... More About: Trial
Mafia Cops Remain Defiant
2009-03-14 15:28:00 Louie Eppolito wanted to be a movie star and screenwriter. Stephen Caracappa wanted an off-the-record life.The men known as the "Mafia Cops " had in mind to live happily ever after in sunny Southern...
Mafia's "Daddy" Arrested
2009-03-14 15:12:00 Police have arrested 10 members of the infamous Pruszkow mafia gang, including one of the leaders, Piotr S., also known as ‘Daddy ’.Agents from the Central Bureau of Investigation and National Police... More About: Arrested
Mafia Wars Gets New VP
2009-03-14 15:08:00 More evidence of how lucrative the social gaming space has become: EA digital media exec Brandon Barber has jumped ship to Zynga. Barber will take on the role of VP of marketing at the gaming... More About: Wars , Mafia
Family Secrets Ex-Chicago Cop Gets 12 Years in Federal Prison
2009-03-12 22:46:00 A former Chicago police officer accused of joining forces with the mob and collecting loan shark debts and extortion payments was sentenced today to 12 years in federal prison.Anthony Doyle, 64, was... More About: Family , Secrets , Prison , Years
Anthony Doyle, Called a Chicago Outfit "Sleeper Agent" by the Feds
2009-03-12 03:03:00 Calling him a "sleeper agent" for the Chicago Outfit , federal prosecutors this week will ask that a former Chicago police officer be given a longer than-normal prison sentence for his role in... More About: Agent , Anthony , Sleeper
Family Secrets Mob Book is Indispensable to Know How Chicago Truly Works
2009-03-12 02:44:00 If you're interested in understanding the real Chicago —and there can be no serious understanding of this completely political city without examining the Chicago Outfit—then you'll soon have a great... More About: Family , Book , Works , Secrets
Mafia Parade from Prison to the Streets to Last Throughout 2009
2009-03-12 02:35:00 Prison doors will swing open this year for some of the city's toughest mobsters.By an odd coincidence, some of the heaviest hitters from New York's fabled Five Families all have release dates in... More About: Mafia , Prison , Parade , Streets , The Streets
The Godather II Video Game Goes Gold
2009-03-12 02:26:00 Electronic Arts has announced that its slightly-delayed organized crime action game The Godfather II has gold gold for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC, and will arrive at North American retailers... More About: Video , Gold , Game , Video Game
How the Cast of The Godfather was Trained by The Real Mafia
2009-03-12 01:27:00 The real Mafia played a significant—if hidden—role in the creation of Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpiece The Godfather , and Mark Seal’s story in the 2009 Hollywood Issue (“The Godfather Wars”)... More About: Cast , Real , Trained
Pension Laws Allow "Mafia Cops" to Keep Tax-Free Income Despite Convictions
2009-03-10 01:01:00 A side door swung open, and the two retired police detectives, dressed in shapeless prison scrubs, walked into the courtroom. They looked as if they had been shipwrecked.Nearly three years ago, the... More About: Laws , Free , Income , Convictions , Mafia
American Mafia in a Pathetic State Thanks to "Rats"
2009-03-10 00:50:00 Anyone looking for evidence of the pathetic state of America's once mighty Mafia could find it last week in one of Brooklyn's federal courtrooms.On the defence bench, a bespectacled 62-year-old man... More About: American , State , Pathetic , Rats
Feds Record Mob Hit Man Discussing a Whacking
2009-02-10 15:52:00 The feds secretly recorded Gambino hit man Charles Carneglia acknowledging he fatally stabbed a mob associate outside a Queens diner, it was learned Monday. Carneglia fessed up to the murder in a 1999 jailhouse visit with Gambino capo Gene Gotti, a transcript shows. Documents filed in Brooklyn Federal Court say a listening bug was planted in the visiting room at the federal prison in More About: Record
History Repeats Itself, After One CPA Gets Capone, Another CPA Puts the Maf
2009-02-10 01:23:00 Accountant Stephen Corso was in deep trouble. His clients, including longtime friends, told federal authorities in 2002 t hat he had stolen more than $5 million. Then the Ridgefield man who loved to gamble took the biggest risk of his life: He decided to become an FBI informant in Las Vegas. Corso's fateful decision came as federal agents were struggling to build a case against two former New More About: History
Chicago Bulls Assistant Coach, Bob Ociepka, Authors "Minestrone for the Mob
2009-02-10 01:07:00 When Chicago Bulls assistant coach Bob Ociepka says "nice shot" in his free time, you can bet he's not talking about basketball. Ociepka, who lives in Arlington Heights, loves mob movies. Loves them. He's studied them all, from the James Cagney flicks of the 1930s all the way up to contemporary films like "American Gangster." The crime and violence inherent in such films is part of the More About: Chicago Bulls , Coach , Authors
Customer Complains about Calzone, Allegedly Pistol-Whipped by Reputed Mobst
2009-02-09 03:09:00 Authorities believe a Florida restaurateur accused of pistol-whipping and beating a customer might have connections to organized crime in New York City. When a Florida judge signed warrants Friday for Joseph Milano, they also listed the name "Joseph Calco." The Daytona Beach News-Journal obtained the documents. Calco was an aspiring mobsters who became a federal informant and testified at the More About: Customer
Crime Does Pay. How? Italian Mafia Earned $167 Billions
2009-02-09 01:54:00 How many times have we heard these words? "Crime doesn't pay"....or a Judge will say, "it doesn't pay to commit crimes". It is true crime didn't pay for some lawbreakers who were caught and lost their freedom and every dime they earned. Swindler Ken Madoff earned billions running a ponzi scheme that bilked investors and now he's been caught. With the exception of having already spent 'hundreds More About: Italian , Mafia
Genovese Crime Family Bust Centers Around Gambling Operations
2009-02-09 01:19:00 In the state of New York it has become common place to have police bust up mafia operations. It occurred again on Wednesday when thirteen alleged members of the Genovese crime family were charged with various crimes. Gambling , as it is in most mafia cases, was at the forefront of the charges. The indictment that was unsealed refers to the "operation of illegal gambling businesses." The men were More About: Family , Crime , Bust
Do You Want to be Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's Chumbolone?
2009-02-08 00:14:00 The Tribune has commissioned a new poll asking taxpayers whether they support Mayor Richard Daley's 2016 Olympic dream. But the pollsters didn't call me, so I conducted my own poll on the cheap, while shaving. Just look at yourself in the mirror, while trying to shave that stubborn stubble from under your nose, and ponder whether it's smart to give the Daley gang billions of dollars to run the More About: Chicago
Frank Sinatra Exhibit Planned for Mob Museum
More articles from this author:2009-02-07 21:04:00 Frank Sinatra's presence will loom large over the mob museum, if the project survives some political and economic hurdles. Museum organizers have big plans for a Sinatra exhibit, if things go their way. One of the featured pieces in the museum would be a rare self-portrait of Sinatra, which depicts him as a sad-faced clown. It was quietly purchased in October 2007 from Peggy King, widow of More About: Frank Sinatra , Frank , Exhibit 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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