Investigators say corrupt contractors imposed a so-called mob tax and employed made members of the lucazi crime family as no show no work employees a noow job means that the employee doesn’t have to appear on site but gets paid anyway and no work means that the employee doesn’t
Necessarily have to do any work but gets paid anyway we’re going to take a closer look at mobster Matthew Madonna who was a reputed luki crime family captain and acting boss Matthew Madonna was born on November 2nd 1935 in Seldon New York during his teenage years Madonna worked
For Tommy liesi and Stephano Lal Madonna would run errands and also sold heroin on the side to earn extra money this was before Carlo Gambino established his no drug dealing policy in 1957 unfortunately Madonna was arrested in his early 20s for serious drug offenses and served time at the Green Haven
Correctional Facility in Upstate New York by the late 1950s while in jail he met Nikki Barnes a young drug dealer from Harlem after their release Madonna began supplying large amounts of heroin to Barnes Madonna would leave a car with a trunk full of heroin at a Manhattan
Parking lot for Barnes to retrieve a few days later Madonna would collect the car with the money inside Madonna and Barnes continued this arrangement for many years until 1970 when Madonna was arrested for drug trafficking Madonna was then sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for the drug charges
Although Madonna was affiliated with the lucazi family for many years he never acknowledged any ties to the mafia while in prison however the luki family acknowledged Madonna’s loyalty to amera and Madonna was inducted into the lucazi crime family around 1998 it didn’t take long for Madonna to become a skipper
With a reputation to earn money by 2000 Madonna was promoted to captain in the lucazi family but Madonna was sent to prison again for racketeering and was released on September 22nd 2003 the lukisi were not having a good year with multiple members being taken off the streets by the feds after the
Convictions of family leaders Steven Kaa Dominic Trello and the cooperation of former acting boss Joseph deed just like the gambino crime family the lucazi established a three-man ruling panel to govern the family Madonna along with anela miori and Joseph denapoli headed the panel also Madonna along with 32
Other members and Associates of the lucazi family was arrested by New Jersey Law Enforcement on December 18th 2007 this was a result of a year-long investigation called operation heat which uncovered a 22.2 billion illegal gambling money laundering and racketeering scheme the illegal activity involved colle in bets on Sports such as
Basketball football Greyhound races and the lottery the bets were collected from gamblers over the internet and phon from a location in Costa Rica Joseph DiNapoli a ruling panel member and top New Jersey faction captains Ralphie Perna and Nikki Scarfo Jr were also indicted in May 2010 Madonna was released on bail while
Waiting for trial attorney general Paula da stated that the lukisi crime family use sophisticated measures such as electronic recordkeeping and offshore wire rooms to avoid detection by law enforce enforement the investigation also revealed connections between liesi crime family and the Bloods gang according to the indictment high ranking
Nine trade gangsters member Edwin Spears of Neptune worked with former corrections officer Michael Brewington to smuggle drugs and cell phones into East Jersey State Prison in Woodbridge Madonna was an employee of big geyser Incorporated also New York’s largest distributor of Health beverages it was speculated that this was a no-show job
For Madonna after a few tries the ruling panel was disbanded in 2009 Matthew mad took over as acting boss and Joseph denapoli became the new conary in late 2009 the parole restrictions expired on longtime underboss Steven Kaa and he was able to rejoin the family’s leadership Madonna was indicted again on October
1st 2009 along with Joseph denapoli and 27 others according to the indictment Madonna played a crucial role in a vast operation that generated around $400 million from illegal activities such as gambling loone sharking gun trafficking and extortion another part of the indictment charged Madonna and other lukisi Mobsters with running a bribery
Scheme involving New York City building inspectors on June 28th 2010 Madonna and the other defendants pleaded not guilty to all charges Madonna was granted bail and the trial was postponed in 2013 let’s take it back to the beginning and talk about legendary mob boss Thomas Lisi Tommy was born on December 1st 1899
In poo Sicily in 1911 they immigrated to the United States settling in Manhattan’s East Harlem Lucas’s father worked in cement Hall with his first arrest in 1920 and the last in 1935 remarkably he never served a lengthy prison sentence in 1920 lukasi got arrested in Riverhead Long Island
For Grand Larsen involving a stolen car during the booking process a police officer noticed Lucas’s deformed hand and likened it to that of morai three-finger Brown a famous major league baseball pitcher this led to leesi being dubbed three-finger Brown a nickname he disliked in January 1921 he was
Convicted of auto theft and sentenced to 3 years and 9 months in prison serving 13 months at Sing Sing Correctional Facility before being paroled surprisingly this was Lucas’s only conviction upon his release in 1923 liesi re-entered a world transformed by prohibition his associates including Charlie luchano Frank Castello and Meer
Lansky had ventured into bootlegging partnering with Jewish gangster Arnold the brain Rothstein in the illegal alcohol trade lucazi encountered legal trouble once again this time under the Alias Thomas ARA facing charges of receiving stolen goods then on July 18th 1928 he and his brother-in-law Joseph Joe Palisades Rosado were arrested for
The murder of Louis teraso however these charges were later dismissed throughout his life liesi faced three other arrests in 1930 for murder in 1931 for an investigation and in 1935 for vagrancy remarkably in all three instances he was released and had all charges dropped in early 1931 the castella Marie War
Erupted between Joe Mia and salvator maranzano luchano struck a secret deal with Marano agreeing to orchestrate maser’s demise in exchange for control over Mia’s operations and becoming Marano’s second in command on April 15th 1931 luchano arranged a meeting with Mia at noova Villa Tamaro restaurant on Coney Island where Mia was assassinated
During a card game allegedly veto genovesi Albert Anastasia Joe Adonis and Benjamin Bugsy seagull carried out the hit with cero the artichoke King teranova as the getaway driver following Mia’s death luchano assumed control of Mia’s family with genovesi as his under boss however lucasi had warned luchano of maranzano’s intention to eliminate
Him prompting luchano and genoves to plot maranzano’s assassination on September 10th 1931 luchano genoves and Frank Costello arranged a meeting with Marano but instead sent four Jewish gangsters unknown to maranzano’s men to eliminate him after maranzano’s murder luchano established the commission as the governing body for organized crime
Abandoning the old boss of all bosses structure the commission recognized five crime families each with its territory and operations with luiano as the Primus inter Paris or first among equals in 1951 following the natural death of gallano Tommy leesi who had served as under boss and deao Street boss for two
Decades seamlessly assumed leadership prompting the renaming of the family to the Luc crime family he appointed Stefano Lal as underboss and Vincenzo ra as consigliere additionally Luc forged an alliance with veto genovesi under boss of the luchano crime family and Carlo Gambino under boss of the Anastasia crime family with the aim of
Eventually controlling the commission lucasi earned a reputation as one of the most respected kostra bosses of the post-war era cultivating close ties with New York City politicians he prioritized core Mafia values of profitability maintaining a low public profile and evading criminal prosecution under his leadership the lukisi family became
Dominant in Manhattan’s garment district and the associated Trucking industry by securing control over crucial unions and trade associations throughout the 1950s lukisi was involved in a drug Network alongside Santo trafficante Jr the boss of the Tampa crime family this partnership stemmed from lukes’s long-standing relationship with trafficante Jr’s father Santo traficante
Senior whom lucasi had mentored in Mafia Traditions during the 1940s trafficante Jr frequently dined with lucazi in New York City cementing their Alliance Tommy lucazi became an America citizen in New York New Jersey however his citizenship faced scrutiny when on November 17th 1952 us Attorney General James P mcgraner initiated denaturalization
Proceedings against him the government alleged that liesi had failed to disclose his complete arrest record during his citizenship application in 1957 liesi and his associates sought to seize control of the luchano and Anastasia crime families to gain dominance over the commission this plan involved violent actions on May 3rd 1957
Vincent Gigante wounded Frank Costello luchano Street boss prompting castello’s retirement and veto genovese’s rise to power later on October 25th 1957 Albert Anastasia was assassinated leading to Carlo Gambino taking over the Anastasia family later renamed Gambino to legitimize his control over the luchiano family genovesi convened a national mob
Meeting at the rural home of Joseph Joe the barber Barbara in appalachin New York in 1957 however on November 14th 1957 the New York State Police raided the Gathering arresting 61 fleeing gangsters lucazi managed to evade arrest as he had not arrived at appalachin yet nonetheless his consigliere vinchenzo
Raal along with Gambino genoves and other mob leaders were detained genovese’s humiliation following the failed Appalachian meeting spurred a new alliance among luchano Castello lansi Gambino and lucazi leading to a plan to eliminate genovesi 2 years later this Alliance fac itated jov’s arrest on narcotics trafficking charges he was convicted and imprisoned ultimately
Dying in 1969 with genevi out of the picture Gambino assumed control over the commission with the support of the alliance on April 8th 1958 the US Supreme Court overturned the 1952 citizenship ruling against lukisi due to Illegal technicality however the very next day us Attorney General William P
Rogers initiated a fresh case against lukisi in 1963 Joseph maglio and bonano boss Joseph banano devised a daring scheme to eliminate commission bosses Carlo Gambino liui and Stephano magadino along with Frank D Simone with the intention of seizing control of the mafia commission mag lioko entrusted the murder contract to Joseph Columbo
However Columbo either out of fear for his own life or recognizing an opportunity for advancement instead disclosed the plot to the commission upon learning of the plot the commission realized that bonano was the true Mastermind behind the scheme consequently both mag lioko and bonano were summoned to provide an explanation
While bonano went into hiding in Montreal mag lioko visibly shaken appeared before the commission and confessed to everything as a result he was fined $50,000 and forced into retirement Tommy lucasi died of a brain tumor the funeral Drew over 1,000 mourners a diverse mix that included politicians judges police officers
Racketeers drug dealers pimps and Hitmen undercover policemen were present documenting the attendees remarkably at the time of his death liesi had managed to avoid void spending a single day in prison for 44 years let’s talk about legendary mobster Anthony carallo also known as Tony ducks in the 192s carala
Became associated with the 107th Street gang in East Harlem marking the beginning of his involvement in organized crime his first encounter with the law occurred in 1929 at the age of 16 when he was arrested for Grand Larsen although he managed to avoid conviction by 1935 Calo had transitioned into the
Gagano crime family which eventually evolved into the liues family under the wing of under boss Tommy liesi carala was recruited to collaborate with mobster Johnny Dio who led labor racketeering operations in the Manhattan garment district in 1941 carallo faced another brush with the law when he was arrested for possession of a Narcotics
Cash valued at $150,000 subsequently he was convicted of Narcotics violations and served a six-month sentence in the city jail on Riker’s Island in 1943 at a relatively young age carallo achieved the significant Milestone of being appointed as a captain gaining leader ERS ship of his own crew within the liesi family
Following this promotion he relocated his operations from East Harlem to Queens alongside Johnny Dio Caro expanded his influence by gaining control over five local chapters of the International Brotherhood of teamsters leveraging these paper locals Caro and Dio orchestrated advantageous deals with trucking companies while exploiting the rank and file Chapter members for their
Own gain from 1941 to 1960 Tony carallo faced at least 12 arrests for various crimes yet remarkably none of these cases progressed to trial Tommy lucazi impressed by Caro’s uncanny ability to evade convictions famously remarked Tony Ducks again earning carallo the nickname Tony ducks in 1951 after the death of
Longtime boss Tommy gallano Luc assumed leadership of the family on August 15th 1959 carallo appeared before the US Senate select committee on improper activities in labor and management the committee sought explanations regarding the theft of $70,000 from te Teamsters Union Local 239 allegedly orchestrated by carallo using the names of deceased
Mob members like many other Mobsters carallo invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination refusing to answer questions and pleading the Fifth Amendment 120 times during his two-hour interrogation Tony carallo faced indictment on charges of receiving Kickback payments from a contractor involved in renovating the Jerome Park Reservoir in the Bronx the
Former city water Commissioner James El Marcus also faced indictment due to his association with carallo which originated from Lone shark debts corala was convicted in the Marcus bribery case on June 19th 1968 and sentenced to 3 years in federal prison on July 26th 1968 during Caro’s incarceration Carmine
Tramunti was designated as interim boss of the lucazi family by the commission however some historians suggest that upon Caro’s release from prison in 1970 he immediately assumed the role of boss with tramunti possibly serving as an acting or front boss for the following 3 years when TR was sentenced to 15 years
In federal prison on May 7th 1973 carallo solidified his position as the Undisputed boss of the lucazi family as boss one of corallo’s initial Endeavors was to monopolize gravel distribution in various regions of New York such as Long Island by acquiring major gravel companies within his territories carallo expanded the lucasi
Family’s influence within the construction industry and Affiliated unions he then turned his attention to the garbage industry establishing the private sanitation industry association with the assistance of Union official Bernie adelstein with the backing of lucazi Captain Paul vario and his crew carallo extended his control to John F Kennedy International Airport in the
Early 1980s Tony carallo unwittingly became entangled in events that would ultimately spell the end of his criminal career alongside salvator avalino carallo had established a firm grip on the waste hauling business in Long Island to gather evidence against avalino members of the New York State organized crime Task Force enlisted the
Help of undercover informant Robert queca owner of a garbage hauling business in suffk County queca had long resisted mob control over the waste hauling industry enduring extensive harassment since the 1970s in 1982 queca agreed to wear a surveillance device during meetings with the Mobsters although he couldn’t get close to
Avalino himself The information queca collected eventually convinced a judge to authorize a wiretap on avalino home phone in Nissa quog New York while the wiretap yielded disappointing results for the agents it did uncover the fact that avalino spent his chauffeuring Caro around in his car let’s talk about the
Perna family also known as the lukisi New Jersey crew Joe Perna the late patriarch was a mob bookmaker and lone shark based in Newark during the 1960s Joe Perna worked directly with Thomas LC and Carlo Gambino following his path his two sons and now three grandsons have continued in his criminal Footsteps in
2007 nearly three dozen members and Associates of the liesi crime family primarily in New Jersey were arrested for a multi-million dollar sports betting operation indictments came in 2010 leading to significant results in June eight years later with six major defendants pleading guilty Ralph V Perna described as a cappo of the lucasi
Organization LED its New Jersey operations the Perna family spans three generations in organized crime the investigation heavily relied on recordings particularly from Joseph Little Joe Perna’s car revealing intricate details of the gambling business and discussions about mob activities the operation earning billions over 15 months involved High Tech and traditional methods payments
Were made to crime family leaders including Joseph denapoli and Matthew Madonna the peris flaunted their wealth but financial analysis exposed their illegal income the case also unveiled collaboration between the Lukes and the Bloods gang in smuggling drugs and phones into prison conversations recorded implicated major figures in the crime family’s operations the recordings
Even captured discussions about internal mob Dynamics and protocols an investigation revealed the lucazi family conducted around $2.2 billion and wagers over 15 months primarily on sports events the operation utilized password protected websites based in Costa Rica the ret involved numerous gamblers including a high roller who bet 2
Million in two months the profits were funneled to the peris and tetta who made payments to ruling panel members including Madonna and Joseph denapoli denapolis was later charged for the crime allegedly the peris managed day-to-day gambling operations under the father’s supervision and Ralph Perna Senor all three Perna family members
Pleaded guilty to first-degree rap racketeering confessing to operating a gambling and moneya laundering operation within an organized criminal Enterprise they were part of a group of 34 initially indicted in 2010 alongside them six major defendants pleaded guilty in June including Martin tetta John mangrella and Matthew Madonna who had
Previously been sentenced the peris received flat sentences enabling early parole release but their extensive criminal records will likely delay their parole eligibility let’s take a closer look at lukisi boss Victor amuso was born and raised in canari Brooklyn amuso got involved in organized crime and started working as a bodyguard and
Chauffeur for Carmine tramunti he later worked as an enforce for mobster Joseph Gallow in the early 1960s the Gallow Brothers had a feud with the longtime boss Joseph prachi and his faction because prachi was interfering with their money-making amuso is said to have been involved in killing several members
Of the prachi faction however amuso was arrested and sent to prison for extortion charges when amuso got out prison amuso went back to work for the KY family amuso at the time was a member of the 19th Hole crew which was led by Christopher Christy tick frari the 19th
Hole which was also the name of farari Social Club served as a central hub for criminal activities in Brooklyn it was a place where Mobsters from other families conducted their business and socialized while enjoying drinks in the mid 1960s farari entrusted amuso with running a significant bookmaking and debt
Collection operation in the early 1970s the five families of New York decided to open the books allow o a new generation of mob Associates to become maid men farari immediately sponsored amuso and casso for family membership after years of putting in work for the mob amuso was
Officially a member of the Luc crime family but that same year amuso and Anthony casso were arrested for their involvement in a drug trafficking operation that smuggled heroin from Bangkok Thailand when they were arrested amuso was found in possession of three pounds of heroin this heroin operation
Was run by amuso casso and two other associates of the lukisi crime family they were all sent to prison the family boss Thomas lukisi passed away due to a brain tumor this left the family under the temporary leadership of Carmine tramunti Anthony carallo had been convicted of bribery in 1967 and was
Sentenced to 2 years in prison tramunti continued as acting boss even after Caro was released from prison in 1970 carallo understood that becoming official boss would mean that the government would have a Target on his back it wasn’t until 1973 when tramunti was imprisoned that carallo officially took on the role
Of the liesi family boss in 1980 fenari was promoted to the position of conier following this amuso took over of fi’s crew as Captain ferari initially wanted casso to succeed him but casso chose to become Fern’s right-hand man as a consilier is allowed to have one soldier
Work for him directly in late 1985 Paul Castellano and his new underboss Thomas balot were targeted for Murder by John Gotti and Frank Dio castalano and Gotti were having a dispute that was slowly turning into a Gambino Civil War although de was once close to Castellano
He decided to jump ship and join Gotti’s crew to murder Castellano Deo informed Gotti about a meeting between Castellano and other Gambino Mobsters at spark Steakhouse on December 16th Deo and mobster James F convinced Castellano to meet with GTI which served as an opportunity for Castellano to stop the
War from starting castalano and Botti were shot and killed as they exited their car outside spark Steakhouse following castalano’s death GTI declared himself the new boss of the family and appointed to Chico as his under boss a few months later amuso and casso along with Vincent chin jigante the boss of
The genovesi crime family had planned to assassinate Gotti however they accidentally killed Deo instead Deo was killed when a bomb planted under his car exploded in late 1986 Anthony Tony Ducks carallo realized he was facing convictions that would result in life imprisonment to prevent internal conflicts and maintain the family’s
Tradition of a peaceful transition of power carallo called amuso and casso to a meeting at fi’s house Caro decided that one of them should succeed as the boss of the family farari then met with his two proteges and instructed them to figure out which one of them would take
On the leadership role ultimately they chose amuso for Boss position in the late 1980s amuso and Anthony casso got into a dispute with a lucazi member Anthony tumac aturo who led the New Jersey faction of the family known as the Jersey crew the disagreement revolved around the money that aturo was
Sending to the family’s leadership in New York auro had been sending $50,000 annually but amuso and casso demanded a larger share specifically half of what the Jersey crew was earning each year when auro refused to comply with their request amuso stripped him of his Rank and Authority within the family amuso
Called for a meeting with the entire Jersey crew in Brooklyn 10 members of the crew showed up but they became suspicious and fled fearing they were being set up for an ambush in response amuso was Furious and issued the infamous wack jersey order instructing that the entire Jersey crew be killed
This led to the members of the crew going into hiding causing significant damage to the lukisi family’s interests in New Jersey amuso and casso also eliminated anyone they suspected might be a Defector or potential rival over the following year many of the Jersey crew members returned back to the family
Amuso informed them that auro was an outlaw and needed to be eliminated he even sent Hitman to Florida to search for auro however amuso was unaware that auro was already in jail in New Jersey for refusing to testify in front of a state panel auro would later become an
Informant auro former Protege and longtime rival Michael madg tetta who was also disliked by amuso reportedly took over the lues family’s Jersey crew in northern New Jersey that’s it for now thanks for watching don’t forget to like And subscribe for more character breakdowns and Analysis of your favorite
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