John Gotti's former son in law avoids jail with sweet plea deal
John Gotti's former son-in-law took a plea
deal Thursday to avoid prison, but he will pay $180,000 to cover the
cost of the investigation into him and his businesses.
Carmine
'The Bull' Agnello was arrested two years ago for suspicion of
operating a $4.2 million dollar scam involving stolen cars and scrap
metal in Cleveland.
Agnello, a reputed
member of the Gambino crime family, was facing over a dozen charges,
racketeering and conspiracy included, and possibly decades in prison if
convicted, according to
John Gotti's former son-in-law, Carmine Agnello, avoided jail time Thursday after accepting a plea deal
The 56-year-old was facing 12 charges, including racketeering and conspiracy, and could've ended up spending decades in prison
Agnello was allegedly running a $4.2 million dollar scam involving stolen cars and scrap metal in Cleveland
The
56-year-old plead guilty to three low-level charges - being a felon in
possession of a weapon, defrauding a towing company and polluting the
environment.
In addition to no jail
time, Carmine Agnello will be allowed to continue operating his scrap
yard, which was believed to be the base of his Cleveland operation.
Gotti's
former son-in-law, who was married to reality TV star Victoria Gotti,
was accused of weighing down cars with sand and dirt and selling them
for scrap metal.
Carmine 'The Bull' Agnello was married to reality TV star Victoria Gotti, John Gotti's daughter
Though he won't face any jail time, Gotti's former son-in-law was ordered to pay $180,000 to cover the cost of the investigation
Prosecutors claimed Agnello carried
out this scheme over the course of three years, defrauding Ferrous
Processing and Trading, a scrap metal company, of $4.2 million.
Undercover
law enforcement personnel used wiretaps to listen to the 56-year-old's
conversations with alleged mafia members in New York starting in 2013.
Carmine
Agnello's lawyers, one of whom called the plea deal 'fair and just,'
reportedly said the allegations against their client were nothing more
than an attack on his past connections.
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