Joseph N. Gallo: Difference between revisions

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On December 22, 1987, Gallo was convicted of [[Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act]] charges that included two counts of bribery and one count of illegal interstate travel to commit bribery.<ref name="4 convicted">{{cite news|last=Buder|first=Leonard|title=4 Convicted At Mob Trial In Brooklyn|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/23/nyregion/4-convicted-at-mob-trial-in-brooklyn.html?scp=4&sq=%22Joseph%20N%20Gallo%22&st=cse|accessdate=22 December 2011|newspaper=New York Times|date=December 23, 1987}}</ref> In February 1988, Gallo was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison and ordered to pay fines totaling $380,000.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE1DD103DF933A25751C0A96E948260 |title=A 10-Year Term Given by Judge To Crime Figure|author =Leonard Buder |date=February 10, 1988 |work=[[New York Times]] |accessdate=2010-07-28 |quote=A 76-year-old former leader of the Gambino organized-crime family was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in Federal prison and ordered to pay fines totaling $380,000.}}</ref> Before his sentence, he was released on parole to spend a last [[Christmas]] with his family, since at his age any sentence imposed on him would have assured he would die in prison. He became the oldest inmate in federal custody. In 1987, after Gallo's conviction, Gotti replaced him with capo [[Sammy Gravano]] at consigliere.

 

 

==Further reading==

*Jacobs, James B., Christopher Panarella and Jay Worthington. ''Busting the Mob: The United States Vs. Cosa Nostra''. New York: NYU Press, 1994. {{ISBN|0-8147-4230-0}}

*Willis, Clint (ed.) ''Wise Guys: Stories of Mobsters from Jersey to Vegas''. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2003. {{ISBN|1-56025-498-X}}

 

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