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| | GANGSTERS INCORPORATED - CARLO GAMBINO |
 | | After prohibition in 1939 Carlo Gambino contimnued the bootlegging and in May 23, 1939 received a 22 month sentence and a $2.500 dollar fine for conspiracy to defraud the United States of liquor taxes. | | | In the United States Gambino got involved in Organized Crime and in 1930 he was arrested for larcency in the operation of the "handkerchief pill game" by the 1930s he was heavily involved in bootlegging. | | | Gambino who entered the United States as an illegal alien still hadn't become an American yet and so that's where the government tried to take Gambino down. |
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| | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Appellee, v. JOSEPH GAMBINO and CARLO CONTI, Defendants-Appellants |
| | The court found that Gambino was active in P and S. | | | They argue that there was insufficient evidence to warrant a conviction under Count Four, which charged that Gambino and Conti used threats and violence in order to collect an extension of credit from Peter Darminio. | | | The court found Ettinger to be a highly credible witness. |
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http://www.thelaborers.net/court_cases/us_vs_gambino_conti.htm
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| | Bill Bonanno |
| | Although it is difficult to put a dollar value on criminal interests, the Gambino crime family is certainly the richest and most powerful criminal organization in the United States today. | | | Genovese, within just a few months of reaching the pinnacle, was set up in a narcotics case (actually a second one, since federal agents bungled a first frame arranged by Gambino and allowed Genovese to get away) and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. | | | Joe Bonanno to assassinate him and other crime leaders and so to become the most powerful don in the United States. |
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http://dks.thing.net/Bill_Bonanno.html
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| | Prison term ended, a member of crime family faces new charges - The Boston Globe |
| | But Assistant US Attorney Kimberly West argued that Gambino should be jailed without bail while the government moves to extradite him. | | | But she said she needed more information before deciding whether to grant Gambino's request to be released on house arrest and ordered him jailed, at least until another hearing on Monday. | | | ''It's just not fair," said New York attorney George L. Santangelo, one of three lawyers representing Gambino, asserting that Italian authorities want to prosecute Gambino on the same offenses for which he's already been punished in the United States. |
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http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/10/15/prison_term_ended_a_member_of_crime_family_faces_new_charges?mode=PF
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| | Simon & Schuster claims author is not Gambino grandson. - Aug. 29, 2002 |
| | Criminal records in Clark County, Nev., show that Pellegrino was sentenced to a minimum of 19 months in prison in November 1999 on felony theft charges. | | | The lawyer, Leon Friedman, told the Times Wednesday that Pellegrino had fulfilled his contract by writing the book he promised, adding that the contract made no reference to his biographical claims. | | | Simon & Schuster signed the half-million dollar contract with Pellegrino in 2001. |
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http://money.cnn.com/2002/08/29/news/mafia
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| | Carlo Gambino - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Benito Mussolini was gaining power in Italy, and Gambino entered the United States as an illegal immigrant on a shipping boat. | | | John Gotti would become an associate in the Gambino crime family. | | | His Funeral was said to have had at least 1,000 people, including police chiefs, Politicians and Citizens. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Gambino
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| | boobaho's Xanga Site |
| | Carlo Gambino came to the United States in 1921. | | | Dellacroce (underboss of Gambino) was the only thing keeping Castellano alive, due to his promise with Gambino. | | | In the 1970's, the Gambino family controlled most of the United States' porn empire via an associate by the name of Michael Thevis. |
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| | Gambino crime family - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | United States Attorney's Office press release on the indictment of Gambino underboss Anthony Megale in 2004 | | | Genovese was sent to prison for 15 years, where he would eventually die in 1969. | | | Genovese thus jumped on the 1952 killing of a Brooklyn man named Arnold Schuster, who Anastasia had had killed for the most minor of indiscretions (acting as a prosecution witness against a bank robber Anastasia didn't even know), as evidence that Anastasia was unbalanced and a threat to the syndicate. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambino_family
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| | Carlo Gambino His rise as New York's mafia king |
| | He was arrested and charged with tax evasion, but he was able to beat the rap, released with a suspended sentence. | | | When the feds were ready to finally deport Gambino, his crime family bought off two powerful but always unnamed US Senator, to allow him to remain in the United States. | | | Carlo Gambino was born on August 24, 1902 from a wealthy family in Palermo, Sicily, that was a part of the so-called Honored Society, a criminal brotherhood that used codes of honor and millions of Italian Lira to control illegal businesses in Sicily. |
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| | CBSNews.com Who's Who Person |
| | He arrived in the United States from Sicily just as the prohibition era was upping the market for gangsters, and Gambino joined their ranks. | | | In 1957, he became the head of the Gambino crime family, and by 1970, he was described as the most powerful racketeer in the country. | | | That year he was indicted in connection with an armored car heist, but his declining health prevented a trial. |
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http://www.cbsnews.com/elements/2002/09/13/in_depth_us/whoswho521926_0_4_person.shtml
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| | Gambino |
| | Panicked at the sight of State Troopers copying down licence plates, most of those in attendance fled. | | | The first objectives were to overthrow Costello and replace Anastasia with Gambino. | | | He began a federal prison sentence for racketeering in October, 1999. |
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| | Murder, Inc.COM - Carlo Gambino |
| | Even though the rules in the Mafia clearly state that no one should deal in drugs, Genovese couldn't resist the easy money and wanted in on the deal. | | | Genovese was arrested and sentenced to prison for 15 years. | | | This was Gambino's idea and his decision to not install Aniello Dellacroce as the new boss (who was skipped over when Anastasia was killed). |
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http://www.murderinc.com/fam/gamb.html
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| | Roger and Me |
| | From 1996 to 1999, says the Times, Clinton made at least four visits to the parole commission& headquarters in Chevy Chase, Md., to meet with federal officials regarding a parole for Gambino. | | | Rosario Gambino was sentenced to 45 years in prison. | | | But to federal and state investigators in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and to law enforcement authorities in Italy, Rosario Gambino is much more than an organized crime associate. |
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http://www.citypaper.net/articles/090601/news.underworld.shtml
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| | United States Mafia |
| | Carlo Gambino is one of the only American Mafiosi without a criminal record. | | | Dellacroce was an underboss for the Gambino family of New York. | | | When Gambino died, Dellacroce was passed over as choice for the next "Boss of Bosses." This position went to Paul Castellano. |
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http://www.msu.edu/~donald27/US.html
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| | TALENT RISING |
| | Fortunately for Gotti, Carlo gave the McBratney case to his talented lawyer Roy Cohn who was able to get the charge reduced to manslaughter. | | | Carlo made a decision that was to create problems for the crime family for almost a decade-he named his brother-in-law Paul Castellano as his successor. | | | Angelo was arrested first and later, the police also arrested Gotti for the murder. |
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http://www.dark-horse.co.uk/john/johnrank.htm
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| | Cool, Calm And Collected... |
| | Born in Palermo, Sicily, great grandfather of my friend Don Carlo Gambino, moved illegally to USA. | | | It was rumored that the Gambino's family bought off two U.S. senators to allow him to remain in the United States. | | | Gambino...my friend, has authorized me to put pictures of him on this webpage. |
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| | The Gambino Crime Family - The Crime library |
| | was widely regarded as unfit for the job and overly dependent on Gambino's advice. | | | Carlo Gambino's nephew, Manny Gambino, was kidnapped and held for a $350,000 ransom, which the boss paid in part. | | | The Gambino Crime Family - The Crime library |
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http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/family_epics/gambino/3.html
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| | Carlo Gambino |
| | In 1921, already possessing a reputation for ruthlessness, he stowed away on a ship bound for the United States. | | | Head of the Gambino crime family in New York City from 1957 until his death, Carlo Gambino was one of the most powerful mob bosses of his era. | | | Carlo Gambino died of a heart attack at his New York home in 1976. |
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http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0761940.html
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| | Fact and Fiction in The Godfather movie Crime Library - The Crime library |
| | Unfortunately for Vito Genovese, he underestimated Gambino, who had no intention of operating under anyone's rule. | | | Gambino was promised Anastasia's job as boss of the Mangano Family as soon as Genovese accomplished his goal of becoming capo di tutti capi. | | | Gambino continued to make alliances with fellow gangsters, and by the 1970s the bosses of the other major families in New York were friends of Carlo, some of them installed through his influence. |
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| | Author Michael Pellegrino (Formerly Known by Pseudonym Michael Gambino) Reaches Major Settlement With Simon & Schuster |
| | Simon & Schuster is a global publishing powerhouse with large legal and publicity departments and a strong mission to sell books. | | | Pellegrino was not alone in using the Gambino name to sell the book. | | | In 2001, Simon & Schuster was slapped with a cease and desist order from an attorney for Thomas Gambino, Carlo's son, claiming that Pellegrino was not truly associated with the Gambino family. |
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http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-05-2004/0002104089&EDATE=
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| | Frank Sinatra and the Mob by J.D. Chandler |
| | Crime Magazine's List of Favorite Books on Crime, Criminals, and Criminal Justice. | | | In the past 25 years, since Congress amended the Freedom of Information Act and passed The Privacy Act, the FBI has grudgingly responded to more than 300,000 Freedom of Information Act requests to release its declassified files. | | | Gambino, Genovese and Lucchese fought an on-and-off war with Joseph Bonnano, the head of the Bonnano crime family. |
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| | Carlo Gambino FBI Files |
| | Reputed to be the head of the Five Families of New York from 1957 to 1976, Gambino was born in Sicily in 1902, and immigrated to the United States in 1921. | | | Gambino was investigated by the FBI for various criminal violations. | | | The government made serious attempts beginning about 1970 to bring Gambino to trial on hijacking charges and deport him for entering the country illegally in 1921. |
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| | CNN.com - 'Dapper Don' John Gotti dead - June 11, 2002 |
| | Despite his prison sentence, Gotti was not about to retire. | | | John Gotti, reputed head of the Gambino crime family, dies in federal prison of cancer. | | | Gravano, a suspected killer, cut a deal with the government, trading his testimony, which would clearly define the Gambino family crime operations, for a lighter sentence. |
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| | The Free Information Society - Carlo Gambino Biography |
| | On May 23, 1939, Carlo was arrested for conspiracy to defraud the United States of liquor taxes and given a sentence of nearly two years in prison. | | | Carlo Gambino died on October 15, 1976 in his home in New York. | | | He set up an operation that imported narcotics from Palermo into the United States, using several different routes. |
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| | Big Paul Castellano |
| | At the time of Don Carlo’s death Dellacroce was in prison on a charge of income tax evasion. | | | The Family was also viewed as the largest and most powerful in the United States allowing the head of this Family to sit at the head of the Commission’s meeting table. | | | Dellacroce was familiar with street crime and had formed bonds with many of the up and coming criminals who hoped one day to acquire admittance into the organization as a full-fledged member. |
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| | Cory's Mafia Page: The Gambino Family |
| | On his deathbed he chose his cousin and brother in law, Paul Castellano to succeed him. | | | He built the family that eventually came to bear is name into the largest and most powerful in the United States. | | | Carlo Gambino kept a low profile which was probably why he did not spend a day in jail. |
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| | Salon People Gotti Web site calls it a day |
| | Of the 21 Gambino capos (or captains) heading crews of soldiers and pursuing other gangster-type activities in 1991, only five have avoided prison or death: Thirteen have been convicted of state and/or federal crimes; one of them died in prison; and three others dropped dead before they could be prosecuted. | | | Frank (Frankie Loc) Locascio, who served as a capo, acting underboss, acting consigliere and Gotti's whipping boy and close confidante, was convicted with Gotti and got the same sentence, life without parole. | | | The swashbuckling Dapper Don, who thumbed his nose at the law after beating three indictments, has called jail his home since 1990 when he was nailed for five murders and assorted racketeering crimes, most of which he admitted while at one of his favorite meeting places -- which happened to be bugged by the FBI. |
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| | GottiFBI's Agents Notes |
| | In 1992, Gotti was convicted on murder and racketeering charges, and is serving a life sentence in a federal prison in Marion, IL. | | | When Carlo was on his deathbed in 1976, he chose Paul Castellano to succeed him. | | | Gambino never served a day of jailtime in his life. |
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| | Paul also consolidated his criminal connections by marrying Nina Manno who was Carlo Gambino's sister in-law. | | | By 1976, the year that Don Carlo died, the Gambino crime family was undoubtedly the biggest crime network in the U.S. Under the shrewd leadership of Carlo Gambino and his loyal, obedient capo's and crewmembers the Gambino crime family wielded most of the power in New York. | | | Carlo Gambino's death on the 26th of may 1976 sparked off a chain of events that would eventually bring the Gambino crime family to its knees. |
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| | Leroy (Nicky) Barnes |
| | The Gambinos were not involved in the Pizza Connection scheme, although the Gambino family under Castellano made plenty of cash from another Sicilian-born mobster, Pasquale (Patsy) Conte. | | | Sterling's thesis was that the Sicilian Mafia clans controlled the heroin trade in the United States. | | | It also meant that Gambino went to jail, too. |
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| | DON CARLO GAMBINO - CHECK SIGNED 05/14/1963 |
| | Drawn on the Chase Manhattan account of S.G.S. Associates, 141 East 44th Street, New York City, payable to "A. | | | Together with Meyer Lansky, the four cooked up a narcotics scheme that resulted in the arrest of Genovese, who was then sentenced to 15 years in prison. | | | Gambino, known as "The Godfather", died of natural causes in 1976 at the age of 74. |
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http://www.galleryofhistory.com/archive/12_2001/law/DON_CARLO_GAMBINO.htm
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| | Gambino |
| | The following year the Justice Department renewed their effort to have Gambino deported. | | | By the mid-1930's Carlo owned a monopoly on illegal alcohol and was on his way to making his first fortune. | | | A grand jury later indicted him, but the case was thrown out. |
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| | History of the Mafia |
| | Together with his new allies, Luciano and Costello, Gambino set up Genovese in a narcotics scheme that landed him in prison, sentenced to fifteen years. | | | However, a RICO case has been developed against him. | | | It was vengeance and punishment for disrespecting a don. |
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| | 854: CARLO GAMBINO - Signature House - Liveauctioneers |
| | Partly printed DS, a bank check drawn on his S.G.S. Associates account at The Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, May 25, 1964. | | | SGS Associates was a labor relations company that Gambino formed with Schiller, a Russian-born businessman, and Henry Saltzstein, a convicted burglar. | | | It closed in 1965 when it drew attention from the FBI and other law enforcement agencies. |
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| | Castellano, Paul "Big Pauly"-Profile |
| | Castellano clan in Sicily helped Carlo Gambino come to the United States and set his roots in New York. | | | Dellacroce, who believed in the principle of loyalty to the family, refused to permit it. | | | Successor to and handpicked at age 61 by his cousin, Carlo Gambino, to head the Gambino crime family. |
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| | US Mafia, Short History & Key Players |
| | Former U.S. attorney in Brooklyn, now a judge. | | | The Gambino crime family was created when Carlo Gambino illegally immigrated to the U.S. from Sicily. | | | Because of his power, he may still be operating the Mob threw his crew. |
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| | Gambino Family |
| | Castellano was a supporter of Gambino's rule that drug dealers would be punished with death. | | | Their objective: take out both Costello and Anastasia leaving Genovese in Costello's position as boss of his Family and Gambino in Anastasia's position as boss of his Family. | | | Gambino controlled his own Family, plus the other four bosses sought to appease him. |
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| | ON THIS DAY 18 1976: Funeral of Mafia boss held in NY |
| | As well as being the head of the five New York families Carlo Gambino was also on the National Mafia Commission which governed the affairs of the 26 American families. | | | He was allowed to remain in the country and died at his home in Massapepequa, NY. | | | Mr Gambino, considered the most powerful of the leaders of the American Mafia, died in his sleep at his home on Friday. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/18/newsid_2453000/2453185.stm
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| | Castellano |
| | In 1937 he married his childhood sweatheart Nina manno, who was already a sister in law to Carlo Gambino. | | | Gambino became boss of his own family and ruled masterfully for many years. | | | This decision was not to popular with the rest of the family. |
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| | Carlo Gambino's grave |
| | Head of the Gambino crime family from 1957 until his death by natural causes in 1976. |
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| | Cigar Aficionado Archives Cover: Deadly Dons |
| | A ruthless leader, Gotti was finally convicted on murder and racketeering charges in 1992 and sentenced to life in prison. | | | One of the few Mafioso bosses never to serve prison time, Gambino turned the family into the country's most profitable crime organization in the 1960s and '70s. | | | For his masterful ways of dealing with politicians, police and judges, Costello earned the moniker "Prime Minister of the Underworld." An influential member of the national crime syndicate who helped provide protection to the gangs, he survived an assassination attempt in 1957 and eventually retired from the Mob. |
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| | Shop A&E and The History Channel : The Gambinos: First Family of Crime VHS |
| | But internal strife and the tireless work of law enforcement have brought this once-dominant organization to its knees. | | | For much of the century, they were the most powerful force in American organized crime. | | | But when he died, the Gambino fortunes started on the long decline that ended with the sentencing of John Gotti to life in prison. |
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| | Gambino Family |
| | The mild-mannered Gambino was mostly ignored by his peers, and by Anastasia; a situation which allowed him great freedom to maneuver his way to the top. | | | Gambino and his brothers-in-law, Peter and Paul Castellano later went on to work for Vincent Mangano; when Mangano was killed, Albert Anastasia took his place, and gave Gambino the position of underboss. | | | Don Carlo himself was never arrested during his career as boss, and he died of natural causes in 1976, leaving brother-in-law Paul Castellano in charge of operations. |
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| | NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: Gambino crime family |
| | The Gambino Crime Family is a criminal organization based in New York City, New York, USA within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known familiarly as the Mafia (also known as La Cosa Nostra). | | | The Gambino Crime Family has been connected to narcotics trafficking, labor racketteering, counterfeiting, loansharking and extortion, gambling, and automobile theft among other criminal operations that bring in hundreds of millions of dollars in profit each year, in addition to many legitimate enterprises over which they exercise control. | | | The leader of the Gambino family was Carlo Gambino. |
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| | The Retirements of Costello and Anastasia |
| | Genovese also made a move to consolidate his power over all of the Families by calling for a meeting of all organized crime leaders from throughout the country. | | | The failure of the plot against Costello made it clear that as little trace as possible should be provided back to the original planners. | | | Both Genovese and Gambino agreed that their own men should not be utilized for the plot to eliminate Anastasia. |
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| | Carlo Gambino |
| | Moved to the United States in 1921, though never became a US citizen. | | | Executive summary: Don of the Gambino Crime family | | | Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile |
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| | Dankfunk - Hoodlums |
| | Bio: Hoodlums are UK based DJ/producers Carlo Gambino and Euan Mitchell. | | | Carlo's deep house night 'hunky dory' has gone from strength to strength since it started almost four years ago (not to mention the legendary boat parties!). | | | Euan is better known for his soulful productions and writes for 4clubbers.net. |
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| | Fake Gambino dupes Simon & Schuster |
| | Viacom’s Simon & Schuster is suing a Hollywood talent agency, accusing it of misrepresenting an author who claimed he was gangster Carlo Gambino’s grandson in order to win a book contract. | | | The book, released in November 2001 as a “blistering and revelatory crime epic,” was pulled from publication after Simon & Schuster learned of the deception. | | | The author, whose real name is Michael Pellegrino, got a $500,000 advance to write The Honored Society--a fictional work that he said was based on his experiences as the grandson of Carlo Gambino, the real-life “Godfather,” the New York Post reported Wednesday. |
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