Dive Summary:
- Three members of the mob pled guilty in Manhattan Federal Court to charges of scheming to control sanitation collections in New York and New Jersey.
- Members of the Genovese crime family were among the 32 alleged mafia and associates who were charged with racketeering and more after they were caught in January.
- William Cali pled guilty to extortion conspiracy while Dominick Pietranico and Joseph Sarcinella pled guilty to “making extortionate extensions of credit,” after loaning money to an undercover FBI agent they thought was a sanitation worker.
From the article:
“I tried to get some money back from this individual I was doing business with,” Cali told Manhattan Federal Court Judge Kevin Castel while copping to extortion conspiracy. “I made him understand if he doesn’t pay me, it wouldn’t be good … I made him a little frightened, your honor.”
[Pietranico and Sarcinella] …loaned thousands of dollars to a trash collector they met at a Bronx social club, demanding 3% a week interest with threats to charge more.
The three initially faced multiple counts carrying max sentences of 20 years in prison. But under their plea deals, they could get 24 to 37 months, their lawyers said.
