Tuesday 16 August 2022 11:01 PM Genovese and Bonanno bust: Nine are charged in illegal gambling scheme trends now

Tuesday 16 August 2022 11:01 PM Genovese and Bonanno bust: Nine are charged in illegal gambling scheme trends now
Tuesday 16 August 2022 11:01 PM Genovese and Bonanno bust: Nine are charged in illegal gambling scheme trends now

Tuesday 16 August 2022 11:01 PM Genovese and Bonanno bust: Nine are charged in illegal gambling scheme trends now

Nassau County Police Detective Hector Rosario, 49, is accused of taking bribes from mobsters operating illegal gambling dens

Nassau County Police Detective Hector Rosario, 49, is accused of taking bribes from mobsters operating illegal gambling dens

Nine men have been charged in connection with a Mafia gambling ring in New York, which prosecutors say operated out of innocuous fronts including a gelato shop, soccer club, and shoe repair store.

In a federal indictment unsealed on Tuesday, prosecutors said that eight mobsters from the Genovese and Bonanno families operated the illegal gambling dens with the protection of a crooked cop.

The mobsters - including those with the nicknames Joe Fish, Sal the Shoemaker, and Little Anthony - were charged for racketeering. 

Prosecutors also accused Nassau County Police Detective Hector Rosario, 49, of taking bribes from the mob crews in return for orchestrating raids on competing gambling dens.

The collaboration between the two crime families dates back at least a decade, to 2012, when they jointly opened a 'lucrative illegal gambling operation' out of the Gran Caffe Gelateria in Lynbrook on Long Island, the indictment claims.

Management at the gelato shop, which boasts a wide range of rotating and seasonal flavors, did not immediately respond to phone and email inquiries from DailyMail.com on Tuesday afternoon.

Bonanno captain Anthony 'Little Anthony' Pipitone

Genovese acting caporegime Carmelo Polito

Bonanno captain 'Little Anthony' Pipitone (left) teamed up with the Genovese family's acting caporegime Carmelo Polito (right) to jointly run a gambling den in the back of a family gelato shop on Long Island, federal prsoecutors say

The crime families jointly opened a 'lucrative illegal gambling operation' out of the Gran Caffe Gelateria (above) in Lynbrook on Long Island, the indictment claims

The crime families jointly opened a 'lucrative illegal gambling operation' out of the Gran Caffe Gelateria (above) in Lynbrook on Long Island, the indictment claims

Three of those charged in the gambling scheme were from the Bonanno family: caporegime Anthony 'Little Anthony' Pipitone, 49; soldier Vito Pipitone, 40; and associate Agostino Gabriele, 35.

From the Genovese family, the five charged were: acting caporegime Carmelo Polito, 63; soldier Joseph 'Joe Fish' Macario, 68; and associates Salvatore 'Sal the Shoemaker' Rubino, 58; Joseph 'Joe Box' Rutigliano, 63; and Mark Feuer, 59.

Eight of the defendants were arrested on Tuesday morning, while officials say that Joseph Rutigliano remains at large. 

Vito Pipitone was arrested in Wellington, Florida while the other seven were arrested in the Eastern District of New York. All were expected to make their initial appearances in court on Tuesday afternoon. 

The nine defendants are charged with with racketeering, illegal gambling, money laundering conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and related offenses. 

'Today’s arrests of members from two La Cosa Nostra crime families demonstrate that the Mafia

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