Forty-six members of an organized crime network that included four of New York’s five Mafia families were charged in a large-scale racketeering conspiracy, according to an indictment unsealed on Thursday.
The group, which included members of the Genovese, Gambino, Lucchese and Bonanno crime families, worked together in a conspiracy that spanned from Springfield, Mass., to South Florida, and involved extortion, arson, health care and credit card fraud, illegal gambling and the sale of illegal firearms and cigarettes, according to the indictment. A majority of those charged were from New York.
Federal authorities said the arrests, the product of a multiyear investigation conducted by federal and local authorities with an undercover special agent as well as a cooperating witness, showed that the Mafia was still a force in the city.
Preet Bharara, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in a statement that “threatening to assault, maim and kill people who get in the way of their criminal schemes remains the go-to play in the mob’s playbook.”
Prosecutors identified three men who they said “supervised and controlled” the network: Joseph Merlino, whom they believe to be the boss of the so-called Philadelphia crime family; Eugene O’Nofrio, a Genovese capo known as Rooster, who they said was in charge of crews on Mulberry Street in Manhattan’s Little Italy neighborhood; and Pasquale Parrello, who is believed to be a capo in the Genovese organization.
Some of the trouble revolved around a gambling club in Yonkers that prosecutors said was operated by another defendant, Anthony Zinzi, nicknamed Anthony Boy, and other associates, who used profits to pay tribute to Mr. Parrello. When a rival’s nearby club grew to be more successful, another defendant, Mark Maiuzzo, nicknamed Stymie, found the rival’s car and lit it on fire in March 2011, according to the indictment.
Bruh caught a hot one in the shoulder over that
) but maybe not since he made a bunch of slimy moves anyway that got him killed eventually. Avon was the wartime leader, plus he was still smart enough to maneuver around the game. Point blank, people forget Slim Charles would've killed Marlo. Yea.....Avon underestimated Marlo at first. He didn't realize the kid was a more psychotic version of him and was really coming for control/power. Once Avon realized he wasn't a dumb corner boy, ,he took him more serious. If Stringer hadn't snitched Avon out and Avon stayed out on the streets for a few more months, Marlo would've been dead. A guy like Marlo can only gain power when there's a power vacuum (String running the show with Avon in prison) or if the current regime is weak (Prop Joe with no muscle and the Co-Op playing Wall Street in boardrooms). If there's a strong organization in place, with a strong leader running it, which Slim Charles is now that he's king (unless Avon gets out), any future Marlos would get taken out the game the moment they showed they were a threat.
