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2025-06-19

#OTD (June 19) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Court affirms counterfeiting convictions, #LaRocca takes assault plea deal, #Terranova in-law is killed in #NYC, #Schultz is charged for assaulting police, Licavola is arrested at #Cleveland, #GreenwichVillage club manager is murdered, Salemme gets 28 years for #Massachusetts car-bomb, #Giancana is killed at his home in #Chicago suburb, #Riccobene of #Philadelphia dies in prison.

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Image of Sam Giancana. Text reads: On this date, June 19...
in 1911, federal appeals court affirms convictions of Giuseppe Morello, Ignazio Lupo and six others for counterfeiting.
in 1922, Sebastian John LaRocca reaches an Indiana County PA plea deal on multiple assault and battery charges, resulting in a 3- to 5-year prison sentence and fines.
in 1923, Vincent Salemi, in-law to the Morello-Terranova family, is shot to death in Manhattan.
in 1931, Dutch Schultz is indicted for assaulting police officers and criminal possession of a revolver.
in 1945, James Licavoli is arrested in Cleveland in connection with a Toledo murder investigation.
in 1953, Stephen Franse, manager of Greenwich Village nightclubs, is murdered in the Bronx on orders from Vito Genovese.
in 1958, John Earle dies of gunshot wounds suffered the previous day. In Boston, waterfront racketeer John 'Fats' Buccelli is killed by a shotgun blast to the head.
in 1973, Francis P. Salemme is sentenced to 28 to 30 years for the car-bombing of a Massachusetts attorney.
in 1975, former Chicago crime boss Sam Giancana is shot to death at his home in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park.
in 2000, Philadelphia faction leader Harry Riccobene, 90, dies of cancer in state prison.
2025-06-18

#OTD (June 17) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #EastHarlem gangster arrested for murder, Gophers battle in #Manhattan, #Dallas gambling houses are raided, court sentences #Luciano to 30-50 years, Coco gets life for #Florida killing, Adamo of #SanDiego kills himself, #California car-bomb takes former #Chicago mobster, #Pittsburgh racketeer passes.

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Image of Frank DeSimone. Text reads: On this date, June 18...
in 1912, East Harlem gangster Aniello Prisco is arrested in connection with the murder of Pasquarella Spinelli.
in 1914, factions within the Gophers Gang engaged in a gunfight on Manhattan's Twentieth Street between Ninth and Tenth avenues.
in 1921, police raid three gambling houses on Commerce Street in Dallas.
in 1931, Danny Iamascia, bodyguard to Dutch Schultz, is killed in a shootout with New York police at Fifth Avenue and 102nd Street. Schultz is arrested for assault and weapons possession.
in 1936, convicted of compulsory prostitution, Salvatore 'Charlie Luciano' Lucania gets 30-50 years in prison. Lucania codefendant Thomas Pennochio begins serving a 25-year sentence.
in 1950, columnist Walter Winchell aids in the surrender of murder suspect Benedetto Macri.
in 1951, Eddie Coco is sentenced to life in prison for a Florida homicide.
in 1955, future Gambino Crime Family gangster Michael DiLeonardo is born in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.
in 1956, Girolamo Adamo of San Diego reportedly learns that his wife has had an affair with Los Angeles crime boss Frank DeSimone. Adamo wounds his wife and then commits suicide.
in 1958, New York waterfront racketeer John M. Earle is shot three times at a Manhattan cafeteria.
in 1967, Gerald Covelli, former Chicago crime figure, is killed in a car explosion near his Encino CA home.
in 1985, 'Little Joe' Regino, former gambling racketeer in the Pittsburgh area, passes away.
2025-06-17

#OTD (June 17) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Alien radicals are targeted, Yale is witness to #ConeyIsland murder, Coll's wife gets six months, officers and gangster are killed in #KansasCity, Gurrah is convicted in #NYC, Scalise is killed in the #Bronx, #Apalachin host passes, #Valachi starts narcotics sentence at #Atlanta.

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Image of Joseph Barbara. Text reads: On this date, June 17...
in 1911, Manhattan gang leader 'Chick' Tricker is shot and severely wounded in a Chatham Square saloon.
in 1913, Martin Madden, brother of Manhattan gang leader Owen Madden, is convicted of illegally carrying a concealed pistol.
in 1919, Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer calls for the round up and deportation of alien radicals residing in the U.S.
in 1920, Assistant U.S. Pardon Attorney Robert H. Turner sends a warrant to Atlanta Prison commuting the remainder of Giuseppe Calicchio's 1910 counterfeiting sentence.
in 1921, Patsy Griffo is charged with the Coney Island murder of Ernesto Melchiorre, and Frankie Yale is taken into custody as a material witness.
in 1932, Lottie Kreisberger Coll, identified as the wife of the late Vincent Coll, is sentenced to six months in the workhouse for illegal firearms possession.
in 1933, an FBI agent, three police officers and gangster Frank Nash are killed in a gunfight at Kansas City's Union Station.
in 1938, Jacob 'Gurrah' Shapiro is convicted of causing a reign of terror in the Manhattan fur-dressing industry.
in 1957, Gambino Family bigshot Frank Scalise is murdered at a market on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx.
in 1959, Joseph Barbara, Mafia leader in Endicott NY, dies of a heart attack.
in 1960, Joseph Valachi begins 15-year narcotics sentence at Atlanta Federal Prison.
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2025-06-17

In any virtual place where people socialize and exchange anything of value, cybercriminals find a way to make the system work for them. In this article, we provide an overview of all the illicit activities that happen behind and within the most loved online video games, with users knowingly or unknowingly participating in them.

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2025-06-16

#OTD (June 16) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Capone agrees to plea deal but judge does not, #SanFrancisco police question two about DeJohn murder, #FBI listens as #Hoffa talks to Dio, #Valachi seeks protection of solitary, #Boston and #Milwaukee leaders meet, #NewEngland mobster Grasso is killed while Salemme is wounded.

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Image of William Grasso. Text reads: On this date, June 16...
in 1857, while New York City and state officials quarrel about authority over the police department, street gangs engage in bloody battles on Bayard Street near the Bowery.
in 1928, authorities note that Al Capone has returned to his estate at Palm Island FL.
in 1931, Al Capone pleads guilty to tax evasion as part of a plea deal, but Judge James Wilkerson refuses to be bound by the deal. Guy Brock of Kansas City pleads guilty to bootlegging conspiracy.
in 1947, Sebastiano Nani and Ciro Gallo are questioned by San Francisco police about the murder of Nick DeJohn.
in 1953, FBI eavesdrops on a telephone conversation between Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa and New York mobster John Dioguardi.
in 1962, fearing a Mafia death sentence, federal prisoner Joseph Valachi asks to be put into solitary confinement. He finds that Atlanta Prison officials are preventing him from communicating with the outside world.
in 1965, Youngstown OH racketeer Jasper 'Fats' Aiello is convicted of aiding in illegal abortions.
in 1966, Sam Giancana of Boston is observed meeting with Frank Balistrieri at a Milwaukee night club.
in 1986, Anne Spilotro reports to police that her husband Michael has been missing for two days.
in 1989, The corpse of leading New England mafioso William Grasso is found in a grassy area near the Connecticut River in Wethersfield CT. In Saugus MA, 'Cadillac Frank' Salemme is wounded in a mob assassination attempt.
2025-06-15

#OTD (June 15) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Giancana is born in #Chicago, young #Valachi leaves Sing Sing, #Tampa police chief resigns, #YoungstownOH racketeer completes shortened term, former #Boston boss dies, #Salemme is guilty of car-bombing, Balistrieres get a discount for Argent share.

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Image of Francis Salemme. Text reads: On this date, June 15...
in 1881, Alexander 'Clubber' Williams returns from supervising New York street cleaners to commanding a Manhattan's 'Tenderloin' police precinct and soon begins making use of Joseph Petrosino as informant and interpreter.
in 1908, future boss Sam Giancana is born in Cook County, Illinois.
in 1928, Joseph Valachi concludes his second term in Sing Sing Prison.
in 1930, exiting Leavenworth prison after a bootlegging term, James Licavoli states his intention to go to work for an uncle in Detroit.
in 1950, in the midst of an investigation into the June 5 murder of James Lumia, Tampa Police Chief J.L. Eddings announces his resignation.
in 1953, Youngstown OH racketeer Sandy Naples is released from county jail after serving 76 days of a 90-day gambling sentence.
in 1957, Gaspare Messina, former Boston Mafia boss and former U.S. Mafia boss of bosses, dies of natural causes in Somerville, MA.
in 1973, a Massachusetts jury convicts Francis Salemme of a 1968 car-bombing.
in 1974, casino executive Allen Glick gives Frank Balistrieri's sons an option to purchase half of the multi-million-dollar Argent Corporation for just $25,000.
2025-06-14

#OTD (June 14) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #BlackHand bomber is caught in #NYC, Narcotics Bureau is created, Midwest liquor syndicate members are indicted, #SanFrancisco boss passes, Tramunti returns to Sing Sing, two are convicted of #NewJersey murder, #Chicago mobsters kill #Spilotro brothers.

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Image of Anthony Spilotro. Text reads: On this date, June 14...
in 1899, future mobster Anthony Strollo is born in New York City.
in 1908, Bonaventura Pinzolo is arrested as he places a Black Hand bomb in New York City.
in 1913, wanted in connection with a New York triple-murder, Oreste Shillitani surrenders to police.
in 1930, the Federal Bureau of Narcotics is created within the U.S. Treasury Department, combining the functions of the Federal Narcotics Control Board and the Narcotic Division.
in 1932, a federal grand jury indicts 45 members of a Wisconsin-Illinois-Michigan liquor syndicate.
in 1937, San Francisco crime boss Francesco Lanza dies of natural causes, leaving Anthony Lima in charge.
in 1939, Carmine Tramunti is sent to Sing Sing Prison for parole violation after being arrested with Charles Albero, Eddie Coco and Frank Noto. In Massachusetts, Raymond Patriarca is charged with auto theft and payroll robbery in two different courtrooms.
in 1954, Stephen 'Buck Jones' Casertano dies in New York.
in 1978, Anthony Provenzano and Harold Konigsberg are convicted of the 1961 New Jersey murder of Anthony Castellito.
in 1986, brothers Anthony and Michael Spilotro, Chicago racketeers, are fatally beaten by Outfit killers.
in 1991, Orlando Carabbia of Ohio begins a prison sentence for bribery.
2025-06-13

#OTD (June 13) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Agnello murder suspect is arrested in #NewOrleans, Mike #Genna and two police officers are killed in #Chicago gunfight, Domingo killers are found dead in #NYC, #Providence boss Manocchio gets life prison terms, meeting is scheduled for #Spilotro brothers.

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Image of Luigi Manocchio. Text reads: On this date, June 13...
in 1869, New Orleans police arrest a suspect in the April murder of local boss Raffaele Agnello.
in 1898, Natale Giuliano of Springfield, MA, is charged with the shooting death of his in-law Pietro Fazzio. Though the afternoon killing is done in plain view of many bystanders, all quickly forget the details.
in 1925, Chicago gangster Mike Genna and two police officers are killed in a gunfight. Wanted in connection with the recent murder of August Rini, John Bazzano surrenders to police in Cleveland.
in 1933, Louis Cipolla, Charles Calabrese and Salvatore Tulumello, believed to be the killers of Sebastiano Domingo, are found bound and stabbed to death in a Manhattan apartment.
in 1946, Joseph Barbara is arrested by U.S. Marshals for illegal acquisition of sugar.
in 1972, Ettore Coco is arrested in Florida for loan sharking.
in 1974, evidence surfaces that deceased New York Detective Joseph Nunziata, found dead two years earlier, was involved with Mafia drug smuggling.
in 1983, Luigi Manocchio of Providence is convicted of conspiracy and accessory to murder. He is sentenced to two life prison terms plus ten years.
in 1986, brothers Anthony and Michael Spilotro are called to attend a meeting the following day.
2025-06-12

#OTD (June 12) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Nick Gentile is born in #Sicily, #Lupo reenters U.S. after long wait, #Bazzano is suspect in #Cleveland murder, #Capone charged in #Chicago with bootlegging, #Luciano gets psych exam, #Patriarca faces #Massachusetts robbery charges, Ricca gets 9 years for tax evasion.

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Image of Nicola Gentile. Text reads: On this date, June 12...
in 1885, future U.S. mafioso Nicola Gentile is born in Siculiana, Sicily.
in 1922, after mulling his deportation, federal officials decide to readmit Ignazio Lupo into the country following detention at Ellis Island.
in 1925, John Bazzano of New Kensington PA is wanted by police in connection with the Cleveland murder of August Rini.
in 1926, Santo Trafficante of Tampa FL files petition for naturalization.
in 1931, Al Capone and dozens of others are indicted by a federal grand jury at Chicago for Prohibition violations.
in 1936, convicted of compulsory prostitution, Salvatore 'Charlie Luciano' Lucania submits to a presentencing psychiatric examination.
in 1939, Raymond Patriarca is indicted in Massachusetts for armed robbery and assault.
in 1941, Manhattan racketeer John Stoppelli is convicted of bribing a government agent and sentenced to six months in prison.
in 1958, Paul Ricca of Chicago is sentenced to nine years in prison and a $15,000 fine for tax evasion.
2025-06-11

#OTD (June 11) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #NYC mafiosi are charged with counterfeiting, mob violence occurs in #NewOrleans, #Cleveland boss Todaro is shot down, #Profaci is buried, 'Tony Pro' is convicted of extortion, #Colombo introduces his administration, informant found murdered in #Buffalo.

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Image of Salvatore Todaro. Text reads: On this date, June 11...
in 1900, Giuseppe Morello and Calogero Meggiore of East Harlem are arraigned on charges counterfeiting.
in 1902, unidentified gangsters burst into a grocery and wine room at Basin and Poydras Streets in New Orleans and shoot and stab Salvatore Luciano and Vincenzo Vetura to death.
in 1908, a Black Hand bomb damages the home and business of the Serio family in New Orleans.
in 1929, Cleveland boss Salvatore 'Black Sam' Todaro is shot to death while approaching a parked car.
in 1930, Missouri Supreme Court affirms cop-killing convictions and death sentences for Tony Mangiaracina, Carl Nasello and John Messino.
in 1961, police pickup order is issued for Anthony Delsanter of Warren OH, suspect in the murder of Mike Farah.
in 1962, funeral of late crime boss Joseph Profaci involves simple Brooklyn church ceremony.
in 1963, Anthony 'Tony Pro' Provenzano is convicted of extortion in Newark NJ federal court.
in 1964, Nicholas Bianco and Larry Gallo are noted absent as new crime boss Joseph Colombo hosts an introductory meeting of his lieutenants and his personal 'crew' in Brooklyn.
in 1970, the bullet-riddled body of suspected informant Gino Albini is found in a parked car in Buffalo NY. At Smithtown, Long Island, former Bonanno Crime Family boss Gaspar DiGregorio passes away at age 65.
in 1973, Francis Salemme goes to trial in Massachusetts for the 1968 car-bombing of an attorney.
2025-06-10

#OTD (June 10) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Cleveland #Mafia leader is found murdered, 'Nucky' is indicted in #NewJersey, #Genovese is freed, #Ohio racketeer is gunned down at his home, #NewEngland boss is heard discussing Gallo-Profaci war, Biondo dies in #NYC, #Gotti dies in prison, #Philadelphia mobster is fatally shot.

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Image of John J. Gotti. Text reads: On this date, June 10...
in 1927, the remains of murdered Pittsburgh bootlegger Luigi Lamendola are taken to Sicily for burial.
in 1936, Cleveland Mafia leader Dr. Giuseppe Romano is found murdered in the rear seat of his car.
in 1937, The press learns that Charles A. Lindbergh has donated $250 to an anti-racketeering crusade in New York.
in 1941, a federal grand jury in New Jersey indicts Enoch 'Nucky' Johnson for income tax evasion.
in 1946, unable to prosecute Vito Genovese for murder because a key witness has died, authorities release him.
in 1961, regional racketeer Mike Farah is shot to death on the front lawn of his Warren OH home. Cleveland Mafia appoints Anthony Delsanter to control rackets in Youngstown OH area.
in 1963, FBI eavesdrops as New England boss Patriarca talks with friend Nicholas Bianco about the Gallo-Profaci War in Brooklyn.
in 1966, former Gambino Crime Family leader Joseph Biondo dies in New York City.
in 2002, Gambino Crime Family boss John Gotti dies in prison at age 61.
in 2010, Rocco Maniscalco, grandson of former Philly mob leader Harry Riccobene, is shot to death outside his South Philadelphia home.
2025-06-09

#OTD (June 9) in #OrganizedCrime #History: LaPuma is shot dead in #EastHarlem, #Cleveland bootlegger is murdered, #NYC mobster 'Gurrah' dies in prison hospital, #Ohio racketeer faces assault charge, #RhodeIsland remains are identified.

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Text reads: On this date, June 9...
in 1925, East Harlem gangster Frank LaPuma is murdered on front steps of tenement, 327 East 105th Street. In Cleveland, bootlegger August Rini is murdered in front of his Woodland Avenue office.
in 1947, New York racketeer Jacob 'Gurrah' Shapiro, 50, dies of heart disease in the Sing Sing Prison hospital.
in 1957, Vice President Richard Nixon warns the Senate not to take drastic action against labor unions in response to rackets investigations.
in 1959, Ohio racketeer Mike Farah is charged with assault.
in 2006, twenty-nine people and several businesses are named in a federal racketeering indictment targeting corruption in the western Connecticut waste hauling industry.
in 2016, human remains recovered from a site in Providence are identified as nightclub owner Steven A. DiSarro.
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2025-06-08

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2025-06-08

#OTD (June 8) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Mafia boss from #Sicily arrives in #Brooklyn, #Manhattan gangster Madden is sentenced for manslaughter, #Licavoli of #Detroit starts term for bootlegging, another Schultz gangster is killed in the #Bronx, jewels taken from a church are returned, #Riccobene survives #Philadelphia assassination attempt, dozens are indicted for #Connecticut garbage racket.

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Text reads: On this date, June 8...
in 1908, Raffaele Palizzolo, reputed Sicilian Mafia leader, is watched by detectives under Lieutenant Antonio Vachris as he arrives in Brooklyn.
in 1915, Manhattan gangster Owen Madden is sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison for manslaughter.
in 1925, Joseph Profaci, then a resident of Chicago, returns to the U.S. after a visit to his native Sicily.
in 1929, James Licavoli of Detroit begins a Leavenworth Prison sentence for bootlegging.
in 1931, John Jacoporo is murdered in the Bronx, the third Dutch Schultz gangster killed in a month.
in 1935, the Justice Department announces plans to standardize training of local police and prison officers through a national crime institute.
in 1951, Salvatore 'Charlie Luciano' Lucania, exiled New York Mafia boss, is arrested by Italian police for smuggling.
in 1952, two jeweled crowns, stolen eight days earlier from artwork at the Regina Pacis shrine in Brooklyn, are returned by special delivery mail.
in 1972, indictments are returned against mafiosi Paul Vario Sr. and Rosario 'Sally Burns' Morale, as well as two dozen prison guards, for violations inside Nassau County Jail.
in 1982, Philadelphia mobster Harry Riccobene is shot five times but survives.
in 2006, a federal grand jury indicts 29 people and 10 companies for participation in a monopolistic property rights racket in the western Connecticut waste hauling industry.
2025-06-07

#OTD (June 7) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Camorra gunmen plead not guilty in #NYC, #KansasCity moonshiner is charged, #Luciano and vice trial codefendants are convicted, #Patriarca arrested during #Florida honeymoon, Moretti daughter marries Palmeri son in #NewJersey, #YoungstownOH racketeer assaults GOP official, #LasVegas skim operator is found murdered.

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Image of Anthony D'Andrea. Text: On this date, June 7:
in 1872, future Chicago boss Anthony D'Andrea is born in Valledolmo, Sicily.
in 1912, Antonio Bellantoni begins prison sentence for burglary & robbery. Tong leader Mock Duck of Manhattan's Chinatown is sentenced for policy gambling.
in 1915, a Youngstown OH woman charges Fedele Penna of murder & leadership of a Black Hand society.
in 1918, John Esposito, James Notaro & Alphonse Sgroia plead not guilty to 1916 killings.
in 1930, Carlo Mangiaracina of Kansas City is charged with operating a liquor distillery.
in 1936, Salvatore 'Charlie Luciano' Lucania & codefendants are convicted of compulsory prostitution.
in 1939, Raymond Patriarca is arrested during his Florida honeymoon & brought to Massachusetts for investigation of his 1938 pardon.
in 1947, daughter of Willie Moretti marries son of Paul Palmeri at Hasbrouck Heights NJ.
in 1956, U.S. District Court rules against government efforts to deport Pittsburgh-area racketeer Dominic Anzalone.
in 1959, Youngstown racketeer Mike Farah assaults and threatens to kill local Republican leader Jean Blair.
in 1962, Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa pleads not guilty in Nashville TN to violations of federal labor law.
in 1967, informant tells FBI that Bonanno organization is led by Angelo Caruso with Joseph Zicarelli & Vito DeFilippo as underbosses.
in 1986, the body of Emil Vaci, believed involved in Mafia skim operations in Las Vegas, is found in a desert ditch.
2025-06-06

#OTD (June 6) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Morello appeals to U.S. Supreme Court, #Terranova is tried in #NYC for murder, drug trafficker LaGaipa disappears, #Gambino son marries #Lucchese daughter, #Tampa mafioso dies in Sicily, #Profaci succumbs to cancer, Gambino lieutenant is guilty of racketeering.

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Collection of crime history items from June 6. Image of Gregory DePalma.

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