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Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'josephvollaro'

February 11, 2008

If your actions helped lead to what many called the biggest mob bust in two decades, would you be showing your face in the five boroughs for the Five Families to see? Well, Joseph Vollaro, who is supposed to be in witness protection, seems to live life to its very edge, as the Post reports he "brashly strolled into a Staten Island sushi restaurant Saturday night," picking up take-out. Vollaro went to Mizu in Tottenville......

Continue Reading "Gambino Informant, Supposedly in Witness Protection, Has Saturday Night Staten Island Sushi Dinner"

February 10, 2008

Photograph of arrested mobsters being led by the FBI on Thursday by ~Raymond on Flickr It turns out that Thursday's take down of 62 mob figures, many of them high-ranking members of the Gambino crime family and called the biggest mob bust in decades, was spurred by a Staten Island trucking company owner. Joseph Vollaro, who made a lot of money for the Gambinos, ended up becoming a government informant after being caught in......

Continue Reading "Gambino Bust: The Trucker Who Brought Down the Family; All About Mob Nicknames"

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