"Today's sentence makes clear to the defendant that the outcome for participating in illegal gambling and making extortionate threats is a loss of something very valuable - your freedom," U.S. Attorney Breon Peace said.
"Beginning in May 2012, Polito and co-defendant Joseph Macario, also known as 'Joe Fish,' on behalf of the Genovese crime family, and Anthony Pipitone, also known as 'Little Anthony,' on behalf of the Bonanno crime family, successfully negotiated a profit split for the gambling location, which ensured that each crime family benefitted from the illicit gambling operation."
"Thanks to the outstanding work of prosecutors in my office and law enforcement, the alliance on the Genovese and Bonanno organized crime families' rackets was a bust."
"Carmelo Polito, 64, a former acting captain and soldier in the Genovese organized crime family, pleaded guilty in Brooklyn federal court on April 5 to operating a gambling parlor out of the Gran Caffé and attempting to extort an individual who owed him money stemming from a separate online sports betting business."
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