Reputed Colombo Mob Boss Among 14 Mobsters Cuffed in Racketeering, Extortion Bust
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- A number of high-ranking Colombo crime family members, including 87-year-old street boss Andrew "Mush" Russo and an 87-year-old underboss, 83-year-old Benjamin "Benji" Castellazo, were arrested early Tuesday by the NYPD and FBI in connection with a wide-ranging labor racketeering and extortion fraud scheme.
The 19-count indictment unsealed later Tuesday in Brooklyn federal court charges a total of 14 defendants, including 10 members and associates of the Colombo crime family, with multiple schemes in a long-running effort to infiltrate and take control of a Queens-based labor union and its affiliated healthcare benefit program.
They are also accused of conspiring to commit fraud in connection with workplace safety certifications. A Bonanno crime family solder has also been named in the case. Russo faces charges of racketeering, as does Castellazo and consigliere Ralph DiMatteo. Alleged Colombo crime family captains Theodore Perisco, Jr., Richard Ferrara and Vincent Ricciardo are charged with racketeering, along with solder Michael Uvino and associates Thomas Costa and Domenick Ricciardo.
John Ragano of the Bonanno crime family is charged with loansharking, fraud and drug trafficking offenses, officials said. Twelve of the 14 defendants were arrested Tuesday in New York and New Jersey and are scheduled to be arraigned in Brooklyn federal court later in the day. A 13th defendant was arrested in North Carolina and will be arraigned there, while the 14th defendant, Dimatteo, remains at large.
According to the indictment, top Colombo crime family members and alleged co-conspirators extorted the labor union management by threatening bodily harm to force decisions that benefitted the crime family. Since 2001, one of the captains and his cousin allegedly collected part of a senior labor union official's salary -- by threatening to harm both him and his family.
Beginning in late 2019, the defendants allegedly broadened the extortion effort to force that official and others at the labor union and its affiliated health fund to select vendors for contracts who were associated with the Colombo family. The defendants allegedly sought to divert more than $10,000 a month from the health fund's assets to the administration of the Colombo family, prosecutors said.
Among other examples, prosecutors say as recently as June 21 Ricciardo was recorded on the phone threatening to kill the labor union official if he didn't comply.
These new york mobsters still look the same as they did in the 1970's
Yea..shot out
SUNDAY SUPPERS AT AUNT ROSIE'S.
Inbreeding
Forget-a-bout-it
Nice 👍
So wait, they were arrested for doing what city and federal politicians do on a daily basis?
The Black Market is just the Free Market made illegal.
Don't know abt the states but were I come from the union fees go to our equivalent of the Democrat party.They the working class party.Go figure that shit out.And don't ask for a pay rise or a tax cut.Bent over a barrel all day everyday.
The Mob didn't murder a million civilians and steal 2 Trillion dollars from the American people in a war based on lies
Yes and no. They threatened violence. That is what distinguishes them from government.
@@thefranchise2563 You wanna know from violence? Try not paying your taxes in USD, or stiffing your wife on alimony payments and then, resisting arrest when the authorities come knocking...just something I heard from a friend.
Anyone who thought La Cosa Nostra wasn't still around is blinder than American voters.
They getting smoked out
They aren't as feared as they used to be.
😄Now THATS fuckin blind
Lmao still around? They're powerless and getting bent over by Mexicans. He's going to have to pay the Aryan Brotherhood for protection just like Gotti did 😂
Blinder than Fox news and Trump supporters
What about jimmy two times. Did he finally get the papers, get the papers?
🤣😭🥇
Your a funny guy
He's been dead for years
🤣bah’hahahahaha… oh my goodness, my goodness😂!
Why don’t you spend as much time looking for the criminals in government?
But they legal criminals.
Because government crooks give kick backs….street criminals don’t give kickbacks.
@@P2Feener305 these aren't street criminals. This is blue collar crime. They make tons of pay offs on the city,county and state level.
The FBI would have to arrest themselves
@@fringeminority3224 EXACTLY!
When are we going to hear about the real murders and racketeers in Washington DC getting arrested
The media love these mafia stories and cover for their boys in DC it’s disgusting
The Jan 6th rioters are mostly taking deals
i think you just tried to spell murderers, pizza boy.
@@2TonTony and yall love it too because yous get to collect all the lawyer fees. the only thing his lawyer benjamin jewberg is "confident" of, is that he will get rich off of these old fart gangsters' misfortune, which ohh by the way, they created for themselves, through self-convincement that a life of crime was a more sensible plan for long term career, than an honest job that positively contributes to society. you should be glad these turds are in the can. they sure wouldn't hesitate to step on you if you were in their way, so i dunno why you're covertly defending them.
Because the WASP establishment needs a boogeyman. The Jews are in a spot where it's so politicize you can't say anything about them but you can still say something about Italians and how they're perceived. Wasp are mad that three or four thousand Italians took over major industries in this country and less than a century and don't like competition
this is what happens when you don't pay off the mayor first
Dammmm
😂😂😂
😲Ahhhhh THATS what it is
Somewhere someone didnt get their cut.
"more than 20 years" but they just getting arrested today.. way to go feds..
No these guys have been to prison many times
@@bman2549 yes russo has been under fbi surveillance since he was a regular soldier in the late 60s..lol..these people are senior citizens still up to the same ol tricks. They were in the family when Joe Colombo was alive.
20 yrs is a lifetime. Kids are graduating college by now.
Someone is NOT going to get their bribe this week!
Lol
“All that money you owe downtown”
Yea and someone is going to end up in the ground maybe a whole family
He never had the makings of a varsity athlete.
LMFAO!
Roll out the barrels & ducks.Waddle waddle waddle.
Gabagool
😂 best line ever
Again with the vitamins...
This is actually refreshing. It’s like a story from the pre-COVID times. I’m sick of that bullshit. More like this please.
Nothing like a good mobster story
pre-COVID times ...Covid be wiped out by now, if we had all done this properly, but the goddamn shit was politized to death. Now we got a mutated virus on our hands
@@alexusbratva878 You’re tripping. Lay off the “CNN” and just live your life. The “flu” has always been deadly yet we live with the virus annually, which mutates every year just like this will. If you actually believe in this silly vaccine that’s fine, but stay out of my way and don’t dictate what I’m able to do under the constitution. We’ve lived with 300,000 deaths annually in USA for the run of the mill flu for how many years now, and the same goes with HIV. Why all of a sudden are we afraid to live life due to a virus created by Chyna. Also, can I ask you
What your medical history is? Have you ever suffered an underlying condition of any sort? Asking for a friend
@@thedonitalian1923 Lay off the CNN of course ...HIV, you catch by having irresponsible sex habits (no protection) or intravenous drug use . the Flu can be deadly however Covid-19 is *far more contagious* than the Flu, and unlike the Flu it has lasting effects, heart problems, lung problems, even psychological problems, moreover, its fu*king painful, and the hospital bills are huge; and as of date, the rate for American Covid deaths is 704K ...but I respect your position Don Giovanni
I hope people just start shooting these assholes in the street. This isn't an admission of anything, just wish them ill.
My uncle Philly did 20 fuckin years in the can. He had to eat grilled cheese of the radiator.
Its incredible that the guy at 1:28, Joel Cacace, is still alive. He sided with the Orena faction in the Third Colombo War in the 90s but switched sides when it became clear that the Persico faction was winning. He then had his ex-wife's husband, a cop, murdered because his ego didn't allow him to accept that she left him and married someone from law enforcement. Crazy stuff...
That's just a recording of Joel Cacace in the past.
wow crazy that you known that...i remember the colombos...a bad bunch of dummies and wops
These are legitimate Italian business men and this is racism
*Now make that make sense...🤔 I'll wait*
He’s joking maybe
Very allegorical
My g
@@ciscoflores5512 no jokes
Damn, this is a throw back of something I would have expected to see back in the 90s. But I know the unions is something they deal with so I'm not all too surprised. Would like to know what Sammy the Bull thinks about this.
damn
Damn
Yes exactly
He did a Q&A on this on his CZcams channel
@@alexusbratva878 Yeah, I just watched it yesterday.
I'm still trying to figure out why many of these politicians are not handcuffed next to these mobsters?
Lol how cute. You guys think they'll ever be arrested.
@@user-ej2wr5bg2v who think that? You need to learn about reading between the lines. That comment was pure sarcasm
@@MrDJROGERS Yes! ...the Politicians, well we vote for those bought out creeps (after they've been bought by corporate/dark money)
Cause the us is a corrupt shithole
specially Brandon
When will these Mobsters ever wake up. It's just not worth it when you have to do decades in prison or get killed by your close associates. Really stupid
There already almost 90 anyways.
But ur not a millionaire tho.....hard to say.
Go Buffalo
We only know of those who get caught...
For instance...only 62% of murders are ever solved according to the FBI database and in big cities such as Chicago it's even lower
How many mobsters do we NOT know about....who make plenty of $ and never do time...? Hmmm
You also have to understand that for some ppl this is a way of life , adrenaline, and money too. Risk.
So now they'll threaten the judge and or jury to make sure they get off clean.
Good luck with that
No they won’t this is not the 60s
Federal court. There are different courts. they all get protection from the fbi.
the untouchables. the fbi are legally allowed to break law. so it would be bad for the crime family.
@@jfontanez1838 60s or not, these guys are still the mob
Meanwhile the real criminals who call me every day about my car warranty, trying to alert me to a Amazon shipment , a tax debt and other various scams, are free to live in my cell ph all day and night.
They only succeed if your dumb enough to give them your information or answer the call ....
Michael Francese said that he was surprised that people seemed willing to discuss mob business over the phone. Michael said that when he was a captain in the family he went to great lengths to not be recorded on tape when discussing family business. For example most of Michael's conversations with his father were held in the bathroom with the taps running.
The level of savvy and intellect these days is significantly diminished with time. Not exactly a growth industry. Rats crawl around for crumbs, it's more about the he said, she said bickering for chump change and letting people know who they are, also horrible slovenly fashion. No class at all.
Now a days they leave a trail of texts, I’m sure, 🤦🏻 I think they wanna get caught haha
There is no more pay phones so the mafia have to use cell phones 😂
@@thepistolguy859 not signed ones right? burners?
That is why Micheal was so successful he made millions a week, now he's siting on a gold mine.
WE AINT HEARD ABOUT THE MOB IN THE NEWS UNTIL DJ VLAD STARTED INTERVIEWING ALL OF EM??????
hmmm good thinking
@@zoedagreat7588 ijs either 2 things, Vlad really work for dem people’s or the Italians are chasing clout like rappers🤷🏽
Hmmmmmm
Giovanni Russo will say he was in on it
@@porkchopnu4096 facts loll
Is it a requirement for a mob boss to wear track suits?
Most Italian guys later in life are kinda chunky so ya track suits are for comfort and nothing beats comfort when your kinda fat
Lol.
They run faster wearing them.
@@ColinSushiboy-lz4rg "We don't run! It's embarrassing"
Christ at that age these guys should have been stealing Trucks full of Depends.
The name of Christ is sacred, not to be used as a casual remark.
Just because your hair changed color doesn't mean diapers are necessary. One has nothing to do with the other.
Oh! 🤣
On the eve of "Many Saints of Newark" being released the cops felt compelled to harass legitimate innocent Italian business owners. Tony Soprano is saddened by the prevention of the justice system. Fuhgeddaboudit.
Tony soprano is dead tho if he didn't die he got fed time himself because Carlo was gonna testify
@@thepistolguy859 Paulie would have seen to that and made him and maybe others disappear, allegedly.
De Blasio needed a break and a distraction from N.Y.C politics social degradations.
This all is a distraction from Hillary’s emails. Secret call records reveal that De Blasio ordered Jan 6. Insurrection! Lizard people! Flat earth! U.N. Is a coverup!
You seriously believe that a mayor can just go order judges, the police and the FBI just to wait and arrest some people on command just as a distraction? Reality is not that interesting or full of coverups, sometimes there are good and other times bad coincidences. There are exceptions tho’, but it’s just that.
@@nadrile don't forget about rigged elections but only when they lose. LOL
@@nadrile I agree with you. It is a coincidence that De Blasio surely need and welcome, that was my point.
@@edigabrieli7864 sorry mate, misunderstood you then.
You sure are a loose case !!! He has nothing to do with this these people has been running shit before De Blasio was even thought of!!!
Lmao, they finally brought down the columbo crime family. Took them 80 years.
That family has been imploding for years, with bosses jailed, two wars within the family and snitches galore
@@HamiltonRb um thats what happens to all gangs/organized crime. Now you gonna have renegades running around turning places into Chicago lmaooo
Poor Andy...our neighborhood was crime free when he was around. Now....drug dealers and criminals everywhere.
👏💯🇮🇹
Can't wait to hear Michael Franzese weigh in on this... .
I thought the exact same thing.
Damn it. You beat me to it
He's away to make a video bout it according to a comment he replied to.
Monday
Hahah yeah
Why are they making a big deal with these people when they need to be at city hall and the state house
Don't think city hall is threatening to kill someone ......say what you want about the government bc I don't like ours just as the next guy doesn't but they arnt a big crime family that reaked havac for more than 40 years at one point in time
Why are they arresting legitimate businessmen like this ? 😑
🤣✋😂
Exactly, Quistafuh gets paid to be the canopy for the pizzeria..
@Legate Lanius frankly I'm depressed and ashamed
whatever happened there....
@@unknownsource4359 whadevuh happened deah?!
You never admit existence of this thing- Phil I did 20 years in the can
You compromised
@@NoKapprio I ate grilled cheese from the radiator.
What a waste...They should be arresting Politicians....
They have already. Tribunals are going on for the planned insurgency.
@@cps2715 Yawn...
@@northface484 ...nwaY
@@cps2715 uoY erA ekaF sweN....
The parts of the mafia that still exists today is fairly different now those that remain have adapted to modern day tactics but moved their operations underground
Obviously not underground enough
The adapted ones moved to Congress and run our country
@Wiseguy Even the Montreal mob is not what it was. The death of Vito Rizzuto , the murder of his father, his son and two of his right hand men, as well as some of his leaders of the street gangs, were and HA are either in prison or dead. They are still there but not the force they were
There's literally no way to go around the technology we have today ...... cameras are every where and everything on your cell phone is recorded and a sapenia away from being looked at ... anything on the internet is there forever and without the power and the ability not get caught as much they are almost powerless in a way
@Mafia caporagime mafia today I'm general is not what they were by the way saying that today is a pussy statement if you said that 30 40 years ago you'd be in a body bag being fish food by the time you got it out of your mouth
The Colombo Family NEVER learns...I'll leave it @ that!
I’m surprised they still around that family is so weak
@@jfontanez1838 i mean the 5 families today is weaker than ever
Nice to see the mafia still in action
Lol
Can’t wait to see the new Martin Scorsese movie about this 😅
@AJ54
best comment ever lol 😂
Leave Robert DeNiro out of that one.
@@penelopelopez8296 DeNiro is so overrated. He doesn't even look convincingly Italian.
😆 🤣 😂 😹
“Never rat on your friends,and always keep your mouth shut…..
That went out years ago with mob bosses, underbosses, captains, soldiers and associates all singing like canaries
@@HamiltonRb it sure did…
@@HamiltonRb 😂😂😂
So they charged R. Kelly with a Rico charge but they don't charge the mafia with Rico charger wow
Just bc it doesn't say Rico doesn't mean they arnt getting a Rico case the Rico case is a racketeering
Surprised over Italian mafia still exist.
I thought the same! Had to check the date. Thought it was an old clip.
and that is what they want you to think...
They can start CZcams channels and sing like canaries...
They have always been there just lurking in shadows
I thought they dismantled that crime syndicate over a decade ago. What’s going on?
How many has ties to the MTA?
This is like a cat and mouse game... and any time THE FBI wants to make the news... they pop a zit.... but they always knew it was there 🙄
It takes time to build cases on these guys. They are smart enough to where they arent going to give you enough to convict them overnight it takes years to build cases on high ranking mobsters.
Vincent “Vinny Unions” Ricciardo. 😂😂😂
Uncle Jun loved being called the boss
He’s not really the boss. It’s his nephew. Seen this one before.
Why you bait man up you fed
They probably been watching VLAD interviews
Columbo mobsters?
"Just one more thing..."
Excuse me sir, just one more question...
@@roaringlion1 "I wouldn't normally ask it, but my wife is curious..."
The Mafia makes up the best nicknames.
The king of the bread sticks
"A big mafia takedown " ohh wow congrats to the NYPD for making it look like there doing a good job
I mean anytime you have a Rico case against mob bosses it's a big take down ....... look how long it took them to take them down back in the day
They in their 80s and they still gangsters
I will never understand why I mean they are grandfathers more of great grandpa
There useless to say the least so is there family to
No shineboxes were harmed.
You can't get away with anything unless you're a politician or a banker. You can't drop a deuce in the state park was somebody recording it. The most shocking thing about this is that Unions still exist.
They would have got away if they will politicians
The mere threat of violence should be a much bigger crime,it should never come down to waiting for actual murder to take place to see any justice happen.
Came for the nicknames, was not disappointed
This world will never change its a world of sin, if these guys don't go to jail they're definitely going to hell. when you live a ungodly life. no salvation for people like this.
Once one flips, it will be like dominoes falling down.
@S. TK Thanks, changing it now !!!!
I think some Staten Island neighborhoods
are talking ! Tottenville+ Prince's Bay has loads of McMansions!
Why aren't State Governors list here.
Biden is pretty much protecting them
Were the Cuomos in that van?
Did they finally get Obama and Biden?
How do they manage “ in this day and age” to remain relevant???
Because they never went away. Just remained low key to avoid RICO charges.
@@eligreg99 all of em are fat retards ain on the grind
It would be nice if one of these old mob guys would be nice enough to give me a nice paying union job at the port like they do for friends and relatives which is unfair. I work hard and would appreciate the opportunity.
No Show Job.
Nobody in the comments are referring to them as “thugs” and “animals”
Because they aren’t
You see this every few years. Thugs and animals are in the news every single day, mostly for killing babies.
White privilege
@@badcholesterol they are. You would be saying they are things and animals if they were non-white. Expecialy if they were black or Hispanic.
@@vincentgiasullo So?
I had to check the Date on this video honestly I’m like this gotta be from the late 90s lol
I bet they can name a couple of names involved in their circle that can get the lighter sentences... Politicians whatnot.
One falls another takes his place
Today is a great day evil people are going down for their actions🎉
"If you can quote the rules, then you can obey them."
I miss the days when these guys ran the city. Now it is a free for all.
That's cuz you weren't greatly affected by anything they did to other people lol did you own a business and pay them money for no reason? Lol
@@amanteheru8572 i agree but on another side , you didn't have to worry about your wife or children getting robbed or anything like that , streets were safer than now , you don't see this in little italy do you
@@nikolay_tzarkanov fbi statistics say otherwise
A MOB member definitely seen this video or been in the comments 😂
We were all in Otisville!!! Wow 2000-2002! Wow these guys still doing there thing!
Cosa Nostra in New York, New Jersey, and Philadelphia isn't going anywhere. They might kill it off everywhere else but it will continue to survive in the northeast.
@@StevenCryar you never admit the existance of this thing
Hilarious being greedy
Forget about it!
"Im a go get the papers, get the papers"
-jimmy 2 times
lmao 💀🤣💀🤣
Politicians should be aressted also
The old school mafia shakedown. Are they still demanding payments from small mom and pops stores in exchange of protection? Times have changed and that crap won't fly because this isn't the 70's.
Take a shower 🚿😅
Your naive. Take a bath.
@@pedroavilez2003 what's so funny about your comment
Not small stores.
Stagflation, dependence on foreign oil, ineffectual president...are we sure this ain't the 70's?
😭😭🤣🤣😂😂 these names and outfits. I didn’t even know the mob was still into this stuff. I thought they were just runnin delis nowadays.
If this was the minority, words like gang,thugs,lowlifes etc would have been used but words like Boss,family,refuted etc is used when describing these criminals.
He said I will bury him in front of his wife and kids in front of his house.
These are monsters.
These guys are in the news every few years. The others you speak of are in the news every day. Mostly for killing babies.
@@drowningpooralice5505
Not being on the news makes your crimes and bad deeds no less than fringe on the news.
And I’m sure that’s not a reason for giving them names like Boss,family etc.
The news is rigged, call them thugs thieves, lowlife, I’m sure the people who they hurt won’t mind.
@@evergreenlandscaping901 Even those who are leaving comments don't keep that same energy when the suspects aren't of a certain so called color.
Oh stop with your I'll cry racism shit ...... it's called that bc that's what they call it ...... never heard who the leader of the crips or bloods were ? Why bc they don't announce themselves as bosses or anything ...... in the mafia they literally have positions like a real job does so if your a boss your a boss if your a capo your a capo if your a solider well your just a solider they treat it like a business for example you could probably tell me who's Elon musk is but you wouldn't be able to tell me who all of his execs are .... same thing with the mafia
@@coryvallad7578 lol 😂 The God Father was a legitimate company.
I’m white and I don’t get racist shit
They got too close to the big racket. The insurance companies are the ultimate racketeers...
Joe Biden makes John Gotti look like an alter boy!!!
Joe Pesci: Funny how, like I'm a clown. Do I amuse you? How am I funny , funny how?
You are funny because you worthless greaseballs are able to scare legitimate citizens and even government officials into compliance with your racketeering. I guess your ancestors must have paid off the officials at Ellis Island to let them in. If it was up to me I'd put all of "yous" on a boat back to Italy.
Be careful, though. You now have competition such as MS-13, BLM, and ISIL/ISIS. They have stolen your thunder.
AHHHHH The 80s again.
What about their shineboxes ? Somebody please tell me a couple of three things.
In my book you get points for staying outta the can! 😅
Good thing for you your book means ugotz to me.Micheale Fresh LeManna.
the mob has managed to go undetected for all these years until now
you guys should have teamed up with hunter biden then u would walk away free
So wait, this doesn't have anything to do with the Esplanade? 🤭
ok, the 1st guy not only choose the wrong foundation shade, but forgot to blend down his neck & ears?
I gonna get the papers, get the papers.
Are those Colombo members are going to snitch on the leader???
"Vinnie Unions" 🤣
The usual suspects…
Cuomo’s boys.
They look old left over from 80s😂😂😂
Damn man joe wave can’t catch a break he’s already going back in and he’s only been out a year or so
The Mob still out here flourishing 😂
You know the mob had more power and more money and organization than your people's gangs bloods and crips will ever have
I don't mean no disrespect but the mafia created las vegas , while you people created the "loose the pants till we see the underpants"thing , major difference
@@nikolay_tzarkanov ok??? Who is comparing and contrasting? I’m really indifferent about it all. What are we discussing also you say no disrespect but tried to be snarky. Also yeah the mob did built Vegas but they lost it as well. Like coke built Miami. But before you make your assumptions it’s plenty of successful black people in the underworld but is that something to be proud of? Again I’m indifferent
20 years later they might well let them keep doing whatever they’re doing sheesh 😒
Ya bc what's to say they won't gain back their power over the civilians if they leave them alone ?
This is a travesty!
Making honest legit
Business men in the
Community do the
Perp Walk!🎯🇮🇹💯
Why cant they stay out of trouble dont they remember the movie "Goodfellas?"
Then they wouldnt be mobsters. They would just be Law-abiding citizens
Put them all in prison.
We will see them on a podcast near us
In the words of the late great Tony Soprano - "Whatayagonnado"!