Four daughters of mob informant Paul Bevacqua who snitched on the Colombo crime family sued their mother and the FBI, demanding the deed to their late father’s house. Bevacqua died on Nov. 11, 2011. In a complaint in Suffolk County Court, four of his five daughters claim the FBI gave their father a security...

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Scott Fappiano, reputed Colombo crime family associate who served more than 20 years in prison on a wrongful rape conviction now faces more jail time for a new crime he admits committing. Since being exonerated through DNA evidence that cleared him of raping a NYPD officer’s wife, Fappiano has grappled with problems of substance...

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Reputed Colombo family associate Angelo Spata Jr., who is awaiting trial on racketeering charges, also runs an amusement business that provides carnival rides for some of New York’s biggest street festivals, including Little Italy’s annual Feast of San Gennaro. Spata, out on bail, is asking a Manhattan federal judge for permission to attend the...

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An attorney representing former acting Colombo crime family boss Thomas “Tommy Shots” Gioeli is hoping to persuade a judge to ban recorded tapes, unveiled two weeks ago, from the mobster’s upcoming murder trial. Reynold Maragni, the former mob captain-turned government informant, wore a hidden “wire” tape recorder to collect evidence about the murder of...

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Ex-Colombo soldier Joseph "Joey Caves" Competiello was part of the hit team which killed underboss William "Wild Bill" Cutolo in 1999. Competiello, who is currently in the witness protection section of a federal lockup has sent an apology letter to the victim's family: "As a young adult my actions are inexcusable and I am...

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Michael Franzese, former Capo in the Colombo crime family, renounced organized crime and forged a career for himself as a youth charity fundraiser and motivational speaker, and lived to tell the tale. As you can imagine, one of the first questions I had for him was: How are you still alive? “One of the...

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The feds have struck the Colombo crime family again. Reputed consigliere Thomas Farese and alleged associate Pat Truglio were arrested on money laundering charges this morning in South Florida. The charges were based on evidence collected by reputed capo Reynold Maragni who was an informant for the FBI. "Maragni, who owns a vacation home in south Florida, wore...

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Colombo capo Reynold Maragni has been wearing a wire for the feds. Last week he captured a conversation with reputed soldier Vincent Manzo which seems to implicates former acting boss Thomas "Tommy Shots" Gioeli in the 1999 hit of underboss William "Wild Bill" Cutolo during a family power struggle. Maragni quizzed reputed soldier Vincent...

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