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Merlino was accused of entering into illegal business arrangements with New York criminals in the Genovese crime family. [63] Merlino was also accused of taking part in a massive medical fraud scheme in Florida that had doctors prescribe patients with unnecessary (and ineffective) medical products and billing patients' insurance companies.
Salvatore Joseph "Chuckie" Merlino (June 29, 1939 – October 22, 2012) was an American mobster who was a member of the Philadelphia crime family. He served as underboss for Nicodemo Scarfo from 1981 to 1986.
During this time, Merlino and Natale oversaw the crime family's gambling, loan sharking, extortion and stolen goods rackets. In 1995, Louis Turra, leader of the Philadelphia drug gang the 10th & Oregon Crew , was severely beaten by Merlino's men, allegedly for failing to pay a Mafia street tax on the gang's illegal earnings. [ 70 ]
In 1995, Louis Turrà – the leader of the 10th & Oregon Crew, overseeing the gang's marijuana, cocaine and heroin dealing and sports betting enterprise – was severely beaten and robbed of his Rolex watch at an after-hours club by associates of Philadelphia crime family boss Joey Merlino, allegedly for failing to pay a Mafia street tax on ...
Reputed Philadelphia mob boss "Skinny Joey" Merlino wants no part of President Donald Trump's desperate efforts to flip the results of his loss to President-elect Joe Biden. A lawyer for Trump ...
Chuckie Merlino (1939–2012) Joey Merlino, "Skinny Joe" (born 1962) ... List of Mafia crime families; List of mobsters by city; List of crime bosses This page ...
Ten alleged Gambino crime family members and associates have been charged with racketeering conspiracy, extortion, witness retaliation and union-related crimes in a bid for control of New York’s ...
Ten members and associates of the Gambino crime family were arrested and accused of strong-arming their way into New York City garbage hauling and demolition businesses, authorities said Wednesday.