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Lucchese mob boss ordered 2013 hit over unpaid $100K loan: prosecutors
Former acting Lucchese mob boss Matthew Madonna ordered a 2013 Bronx hit on a onetime ally after the man refused to repay a $100,000 loan, a prosecutor said Monday. The...
Snitch alleges John Gotti Jr.'s lawyer was tied to jailhouse drug ring
A federal informant claims that the mob lawyer who helped John "Junior" Gotti score three hung juries was involved in a drug-dealing operation inside a Brooklyn lockup, according to stunning...
Reputed Lucchese mobster dodges life in prison with guilty plea
A reputed Lucchese crime family capo copped to murder conspiracy and other charges on Tuesday — in exchange for just 13 years behind bars. Steven Crea Jr. faced up to...
Mobster takes plea deal for failed hit on ex-business associate
The mob’s Mr. Magoo took a page from “The Sopranos’’ to try to exterminate a rat — but he botched the job. Joseph “Joey Glasses’’ Datello — whose eyesight is...
Mob threatened doctor to write scripts for 230K Oxycodone pills: feds
A Brooklyn doctor was strong-armed by a couple of wiseguys into writing prescriptions for more than 230,000 Oxycodone pills that were then trafficked by members of the Lucchese crime family,...
Jailed 'mobster' allegedly planned escape using sheets, dental floss
A reputed mobster’s plan to bust out of a Brooklyn jail involved dental floss, a bed-sheet rope and a priest, prosecutors are charging in a bizarre new indictment. Lucchese crime...
Corruption ran rampant at Bronx hospital before shooting
It’s New York’s sickest hospital. Long before a deranged doctor opened fire inside Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, the place was under an ongoing federal corruption probe, mobsters controlled the construction of its...
Hospital execs allegedly manipulated revenue to pay doctors' fat checks
Embattled Bronx-Lebanon Hospital found questionable ways to boost revenue to pay executives fat salaries, bonuses and perks — including a $20,000 shower in the CEO’s office bathroom, whistleblowers told The...
Lucchese crime family funneled millions from hospital project
The mob turned taxpayer-backed Bronx-Lebanon Hospital expansion into its own piggy bank. Construction expenses at the hospital’s new nine-story outpatient center ballooned by some $5 million — with cash allegedly...
Nearly two dozen Lucchese crime family members arrested
Top-ranking members of the Lucchese crime family – including ruling boss Matthew Madonna and his second-in-command Steven Crea Sr. – were busted Wednesday on federal racketeering charges, including murder, authorities...
Corrupt cop who served as mob hitman dies in prison
A corrupt cop who was serving a lifetime prison sentence for executing people on behalf of the mob died behind bars. Stephen Caracappa — who was busted along with Louis...
Lucchese crime family members busted in murder of relative
Two reputed members of the Lucchese crime family were arrested by the FBI and charged with the murder of a fellow family member — along with the attempted murder of...
City denies alleged mobster a job after two-year probe
A city commission took nearly two years to run a background check on a reputed mobster. In 2012, alleged mob associate Frank Coppola sought to work as a sales rep...
Mafioso busted for beat-down order
An elderly reputed Mafioso from Long Island has been busted for ordering the beat-down of a 70-year-old man over an unpaid loan, authorities said Tuesday. Carmine Avellino — also 70...