![]() To put a point on their friendly request, Tantillo, Johnson, Rappa and Vicari regularly threatened and intimidated their victim by lighting the steps of his home on fire, damaging his trucks and threatening to seriously hurt him, the papers said.įor instance, the man was paying Tantillo $1,000 one day when Tantillo broke out a metal baseball bat and told him it was for him, court documents said. That’s when prosecutors say Tantillo demanded monthly extortion payments from the garbage company’s owner - who was identified in court papers as “John Doe 1.” Much of the indictment centers on the group’s attempts to extort money from an unidentified garbage hauling company and an unidentified demolition company, starting in late 2017. ![]() “The investigation has revealed that, since at least 2017, the defendants have profited from extorting individuals in the New York carting and demolition industries, including through actual and threatened violence, stealing and embezzling from union employee benefit plans and conspiring to rig bids for lucrative demolition jobs,” according to the US Attorney’s office. Photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images Several of the accused kicked up hundreds of thousands of dollars to Lanni -a made man who was the crew’s “caporegime,” or captain - through an intricate web of payments made by companies they owned, according to federal prosecutors.Ħ Ten alleged members of the Gambino crime family are expected to be arraigned in Brooklyn federal court after being hit with a series of racketeering charges. The 16-count indictment lists the defendants as Joseph “Joe Brooklyn” Lanni, 52, of Staten Island Diego “Danny” Tantillo, 48, of Freehold, New Jersey Robert Brooke, 55, of New York Salvatore DiLorenzo, 66, of Oceanside, New York Angelo “Fifi” Gradilone, 57, of Staten Island Kyle “Twin” Johnson, 46, of the Bronx James LaForte, 46, of New York Vincent “Vinny Slick” Minsquero, 36, of Staten Island Vito “Vi” Rappa, 46, of East Brunswick and Franceso “Uncle Ciccio” Vicari, 46, of Elmont, New York. “As alleged, for years, the defendants committed violent extortions, assaults, arson, witness retaliation and other crimes in an attempt to dominate the New York carting and demolition industries,” Breon Peace, the US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said in a statement. They each face between 20 and 180 years in prison for the laundry list of crimes they’re accused of - many so brutal they’d make Tony Soprano grin. The defendants - who include made men and mob associates - were hit with charges including racketeering conspiracy, extortion, witness retaliation, fraud and embezzlement, according to the indictment unsealed Wednesday in Brooklyn federal court. ![]() Ten alleged mafiosos from the Gambino crime family were indicted by the feds for their alleged violent attempts to take over the Big Apple’s garbage hauling and demolition industry - which included a hammer attack that sent one worker to the hospital and a grim threat to cut a business owner in half with a knife. Mafia killer whines his life sentence should get chucked over claims of other monsters getting slaps on the wrist, bad attorney advice Bob Menendez with gold ‘gave mobster free home’įBI digs for bodies possibly buried by Gambino crime family at upstate NY farms: sources Here’s what the modern-day mafia looks like - inside and out - of NY’s ‘five families’ after latest Gambino arrests
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