Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
FBI surveillance photo of Lucchese family members on May 7, 2020, meeting in Jefferson Park. From left Andrew DiSimoe, Mike DeSantis (blue track) Anthony Villani, Anthony Baratta, George Zappola, Frank Salerno. Michael "Big Mike" DeSantis is the current acting boss of the family.
FBI surveillance photograph of the Lucchese crime family members Vic Amuso, Anthony Casso and Frank Lastorino. Frank "Big Frank" Lastorino (April 9, 1939 – November 5, 2022) [157] was a soldier, caporegime and consigliere of the Lucchese family. Lastorino was formally inducted into the crime family in 1987. [158]
Several Lucchese family members, fearing for their lives, turned informant. The highest-profile of these was acting boss Alphonse D'Arco, who became the first boss of a New York crime family to testify against the mob. This led to the arrests of the entire Lucchese family hierarchy, with Casso also becoming an informant.
Allegedly operated under the protection of the Lucchese family, the site used web hosting servers based in Costa Rica and regularly accepted between 400 and 1,300 bets per week.
The Lucchese crime family operates mainly in The Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn, and New Jersey. The family also maintains influence in Queens, Long Island, Staten Island, Westchester County, and Florida. Cutaia Crew operates in Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island. Lucchese crime family New Jersey faction operates throughout New Jersey.
This page was last edited on 26 January 2025, at 16:26 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
Paul Vario (July 10, 1914 – May 3, 1988) was an American mobster and made man in the Lucchese crime family. Vario was a caporegime and had his own crew of mobsters in Brooklyn, New York . Following the testimony of Henry Hill , Vario was convicted in 1984, of fraud, and sentenced to four years in prison, followed by a conviction for extortion ...
The Lucchese family administration saw the 19th Hole crew without leadership because it had been crippled by numerous indictments and informants during 1990s, leaving many members imprisoned. After the merger of the two crews, the Lucchese Borgata referred to this crew as the Brooklyn faction .