Feds Bust 14 Gambinos In Including Boss and Soldiers
The feds struck a blow against a resurgent Gambino crime family today charging its alleged boss with murder and his crew with a slew of old-standby mob crimes ranging from extortion to prostitution.
"The Mafia is not dead," said Preet Bharara, US Attorney for the Southern District in Manhattan. "It is alive and kicking. Modern mobsters may be less colorful, less flamboyant, and less glamorous than some of their predecessors, but they are still terrorizing businesses, using baseball bats and putting people in the hospital."
Alleged boss Daniel Marino, 69, is accused of leading the 200 made-member strong Gambino family.
Preet Bharara, US Attorney for the Southrern District of New York holds a presser regarding the arrest of Daniel Marino and 13 others.
"When Daniel Marino was faced with that choice, between his own family and the Gambino crime family, he chose the Gambinos," Bharara said.
Modica, 46, allegedly located the hotel where the jury had been secretly sequestered.
But the late "Teflon Don" canceled the plan to influence the jury because he was confident he’d again be acquitted. That was a mistake, it turned out.
The feds finally got a conviction against him, sending Gotti to prison for what turned out to be a life sentence when he died of cancer behind bars in 1992.
The feds also charged Marino’s soldier Thomas Orefice, 33, with running a prostitution ring that pimped out girls as young as 15.
"This perhaps reflects a new low for the Gambino family," Bharara said.
The 14 accused are expected to be arraigned this afternoon.
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