The arrests were made following a four-month undercover police investigation of New York's major pornography distributors.[14]. No one will bother you. [177][178] Migliore, who served as underboss in the past to Anthony Corallo, was considered the biggest influence on the ruling committee. [49] In December 1991, Coco died while awaiting trial on money laundering. [55] Cuomo died in 2008 from complications of diabetes and a heart ailment. On April 28, 1998, DeFede was indicted on nine counts of racketeering stemming from his supervision of the family rackets in New York's Garment District from 1991 to 1996. [162][163], On March 21, 1986, Migliore was indicted, along with Genovese family acting boss Anthony Salerno, Genovese family captains Vincent Cafaro, Vincent DiNapoli and Giuseppe Sabato, Genovese family members Louis DiNapoli, Carmine Della Cava and Thomas Cafaro, and Cleveland crime family members John Tronolone and Milton Rockman, Gambino family member Alphonse Mosca, and four businessmen, Edward J. Halloran, Nicholas Auletta, Alvin O. Chattin, and Richard Costa, on extortion and bid rigging charges. [281] In 1993, Gioia was arrested for trafficking heroin from Manhattan to Boston. Amuso then named DeFede his acting boss to replace Alphonse D'Arco with a weaker and more controllable man at the top, after Amuso began to suspect D'Arco of being a government witness against him. The Lucchese powerbase was traditionally in Manhattan and the Bronx, the family's birthplace; the family's first three bosses, Gaetano "Tom" Reina, Tommaso "Tommy" Gagliano, and Thomas Lucchese, were all from this area. . [124] On August 15, 1962, Carmine LoCascio along with Lucchese mobster Angelo Loicano and Genovese family members Rosario and Joseph Mogavero were charged with transporting around 400 kilograms of heroin between January 1950 to August 1962 in the United States. 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Jr. As Valuable As Sammy Bull", "Frank Gioia Jr.: Years of crime, a new identity and allegations of fraud", "Son and Mother Arrested in Connection with Branded Restaurant Fraud Scheme", "Ex-mobster behind collapse of Toby Keith, Rascal Flatts restaurant chains indicted on fraud charges", "Inside a secret Mafia initiation ritual in Staten Island basement", "Lucheses leadership changed hands in bloodless coup orchestrated from prison", "The Dying of the Light: The Joseph Valachi Story", "Mob informant's role in Seton probe: Stymied investigators cut deal for clues into who set fatal 2000 fire", "Opportunity knocks, and he answers: Seton Hall fire informant has history of getting what he wants", "FEDS BUST L.I. [82] His son Anthony DiSimone served seven years in prison before the conviction was overturned; he later pled guilty to manslaughter in 2010, and served no additional time. [106] He was sponsored by George Conte, who was filling in for his real sponsor George Zappola. [74] On February 4, 1990, he shot DiLapi to death in his Hollywood, California apartment building's underground garage. [101] His projected release date was November 24, 2044, effectively a life sentence. On June 20, 2007, the court denied his petition. In 1973, with Tramunti's imprisonment, Corallo finally became the official Lucchese boss. The Netflix doc . When they made DArco himself one of their targets, he became the first acting boss of a family to become a government informant. During the late '90s, Amuso's relationship with DeFede began to sour. [265], Chiodo's remaining family in Brooklyn soon suffered retaliation from the Luccheses. The Genovese crime family, (pronounced [denoveze, -ese]) also sometimes referred to as the Westside, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City and New Jersey as part of the American Mafia.They have generally maintained a varying degree of influence over many of the smaller mob families outside New . [115] In June 1992, Gioia Jr. was arrested in Brooklyn on a gun charge. (1988). Santoro was convicted of all charges in 1959 and was given a twenty-year prison sentence. When asked what prompted this transformation, Chiodo replied "I was shot 12 times". With the imprisonment of Corallo and Furnari, Amuso became boss, and Casso became consigliere and later underboss. He served as a capo, as the acting consigliere, and as the underboss on a ruling panel in the family. In June 1976, Abate attended Anthony Accetturo's induction ceremony into the Lucchese family. [111][112] On September 18, 1991, Lastorino, along with capo Anthony Baratta and soldier Mike DeSantis, conspired to kill Alphonse D'Arco in the Kimberly Hotel in Manhattan but failed. [195], In February 1930, Gaetano Reina was murdered and boss Joseph Masseria backed Pinzolo to take control of the Reina family. [42] He served as acting boss in 1967. [231] In late 2000, Tortorello died in a Kentucky prison. [289] According to Pennisi's testimony, imprisoned for life boss Vic Amuso sent a letter to Underboss Steven Crea which stated that Brooklyn based mobster Michael "Big Mike" DeSantis would take over as acting boss replacing the Bronx-based Matthew Madonna. [225] Testa was the younger brother to Joseph Testa. As a result of the 19th Hole meeting, the Five Families imposed a two cent per gallon "Family tax" on Balagula's bootlegging operation, which became their greatest moneymaker after drug trafficking. Life Magazine. [203] Rao became a powerful mobster in the lathing end of the lath and plaster industry. [97] On January 13, 1987, Furnari was sentenced to 100 years in prison without parole and fined $240,000.[98][99]. Omissions? [201] On November 19, 1936, Rannelli was murdered outside of 235 East 107th Street, a building that was owned by Vincent Rao. Salvatore T. "Tom Mix" Santoro, Sr. (November 18, 1915 [216] January 2000)[217] served as underboss in the Lucchese crime family during the 1980s before being convicted in the Mafia Commission Trial and sentenced to 100 years in federal prison. The order shocked D'Arco, who knew that Chiodo had been a close confidant of Casso for years. [34][35] He helped Graziano start a professional boxing career and throughout the following years was viewed as a de facto boxing manager. [57] His daughter Danielle married John Baudanza, who later became a member of the Lucchese family. On September 25, 1988, Rao died of natural causes and is buried at Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York. Real Gangster. Issue 1806. Stefano "Steve" LaSalle (real name LaSala[103]) was an early member of the Morello family; he later joined Reina's family. [20] In 2002, Cataldo was indicted on illegal gambling charges and for the October 7, 1981 murder of William Kennedy. [104] In 1915, East Harlem's Italian lottery "king" Giosue Gallucci was murdered, allowing LaSalle and Tommaso Lomonte to take over the lottery games. The Five Families emerged at the end of the Castellammarese War, a Mafia power struggle in the early 1930s named for the Sicilian hometown of many of the participants. mobster who planned to whack witness gets 14 years in prison", "On Pleasant Avenue, a Mobbed-Up History Is Hard to Live Down", "Strip club owner who ratted out mobsters won't go into hiding", "FBI Picture Takedown at Rao's Tied to 1990 Brooklyn Murder Authorities are closing in on a Colombo family capo for a 1990 murder. Furnari reigned as one of New York's top Mafia bosses throughout the early 1980s until his 1985 racketeering indictment. Corallo used his Jaguar with a phone inside and talked to mostly Santoro on the phone while he was driving around in New York with his chauffeur Aniello Migliore. [181] Papa was arrested on February 3, 1972, in a car parked on Bronxdale Avenue with Joseph DiNapoli in the back seat. Amuso and Casso were reported to have ordered the murders of anyone who opposed them, even violating the mobs code by perpetrating violence against mobsters wives, children, and other relatives. [204] On his mother's side, Rao was a distant relative to Tommaso Gagliano. (Wayne Newton v. [86] Furnari soon became an influential member of the Brooklyn faction of the family and was earning $25,000 a day. He was then convicted of numerous crimesincluding racketeering, extortion, murder, and conspiracy to commit murderand sentenced to 455 years in prison. He was alleged to be a partner and associate of Ellsworth Johnson, although this never was confirmed. The Gambino Crime Family was founded by Salvatore "Toto" D'Aquila, who took over a gang of newly transplanted Mafiosi from Sicily after leaders Lupo Saietta and Giuseppe Morello were handed a 30 . Capozallo suffered wounds to the arm, back and neck but survived. [40] In 1965, Coco was released from prison after serving ten years on his life sentence. [7], Settimo "Big Sam" Accardi (October 23, 1902 in Vita, Sicily December 3, 1977) served as capo in the family's New Jersey faction up until his deportation[8] and was one of the largest heroin traffickers during the 1950s. Furnari controlled New York District Council 9, which represented 6,000 workers who painted and decorated hotels, bridges, and subway stations in New York. In the early 1920s, Russo was inducted into the Newark family of Gaspare D'Amico, and during his time under this family, he attended the 1928 Cleveland Mafia meeting at the Hotel Statler as an official member. 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[30][31] On November 4, 1987 Cavalieri died of natural causes.[29]. [98], In January 2000, Santoro died at age 87 of natural causes [217] at a medical center for federal prisoners. [12] He died on December 3, 1977. Lt. Col. Bob Jeffrey was taken as a . [230] When Gigante heard these statements he demanded Tortorello's death, but Anthony Casso was able to save his life by planning a phony beating of Tortorello to appease Gigante's demand. DeMeo and several of his associates had first handcuffed and blindfolded two other employees at the car lot and ransacked the office, giving the killing the appearance of an armed theft-gone-awry. 19 members of the crime family were arrested, including "Paulie Roast Beef." NEW ROCHELLE, NY Nineteen members of the Lucchese crime family operating in New York City, including seven . In the early 1980s, Anthony Corallo found a new way to discuss business without ever meeting his top underlings Santoro and Furnari. Once there, Hoffa was shot and killed by Coonan and Frankos using suppressed .22 pistols. [186], Michael J. Perna (1942 October 28, 2020) was the acting capo of the New Jersey faction. "Gangbusters: The Destruction of America's Last Great Mafia Dynasty". [3] When Delasco died in the late 1960s, Accetturo took over his rackets.[73]. [190] He was released from prison on July 31, 2015. Gagliano had been the underboss (second in command) of the crime family led by Gaetano (Tommy) Reina, a casualty of the Castellammarese War, murdered by Vito Genovese, who would go on to control another of the families. Casso was captured in 1993. Furnari became an associate of Gaetano "Tommy Three-Finger Brown" Lucchese's crime family through Furnari's connection with mobster Anthony Corallo. A close friend and handball partner of Lucchese leader Vittorio "Vic" Amuso, DeFede was inducted into the family in 1986 after Amuso became boss. New York (State). [257] His elder brother Anthony Zito, who had been arrested in 1971 for extortion, was also linked to the Lucchese family. [36][38][39] During the 1963 McClellan hearings, government witness Joseph Valachi identified Coco as a capo in Gaetano "Tommy" Lucchese's crime family. [283], On February 5, 2020, Frank Capri and his mother Debbie Corvo were indicted on charges of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with the operation of various branded restaurant locations in Arizona and across the United States. Richard "Richie the Toupe" Pagliarulo (November 30, 1948 1999) was a hit man and former capo, who took over as capo of Peter Chiodo's old Bensonhurst crew. Past member(s) Joseph Abate. In 2002, Mancione was indicted along with consigliere Joseph Caridi, capo John Cerrella and soldier Carmelo Profeta for extorting the Hudson & McCoy Fish House restaurant in Freeport, Long Island. [202] On December 5, 1921, Vincenzo Rao became a naturalized United States citizen in New York City.[202]. December 2001 Manhattan prosecutors charge 12 reputed Lucchese crime family members, including six from Westchester, with conspiracy, assault and racketeering. Citations: 937 F.2d 797. [287], John Pennisi is a former soldier who is currently in witness protection. Santoro started working for the Gagliano crime family, forerunner of the Lucchese family, in the early 1930s. [17] Brocchini's murder remained a mystery to law enforcement and to the Lucchese family for several years. The Five Families refers to five major New York City organized crime families of the Italian American Mafia formed in 1931 by Salvatore Maranzano following his victory in the Castellammarese War.. Maranzano reorganized the Italian American gangs in New York City into the Maranzano, Profaci, Mangano, Luciano, and Gagliano families, which are now known as the Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese . [227] It was later revealed that Anthony Casso had ordered Frank Lastorino to murder Testa. [4] In 1992, his daughter Catherine Abate was appointed New York City's new Correction Commissioner. Samuel "Big Sam" Cavalieri (April 11, 1911 November 4, 1987) was a former capo of the Harlem crew. In 1958 he was arrested and tried for narcotics charges. He thought as long as he gave them something they would be valuable allies. [115] In 1993, Gioia Jr., along with George Zappola and Frank Papagni, plotted to have Steven Crea killed. Bread" LoCascio (June 10, 1916 September 2, 1997) was a New York mobster involved in drug trafficker along with his older brother Carmine LoCascio. Vol. [255] In the morning of April 5, 1956, Telvi attacked Victor Riesel as he was leaving Lindy's, a Broadway restaurant, throwing sulfuric acid onto his face, leaving him permanently blind. [188] In August 1988, Ricciardi, along with his brother Daniel and twenty other members of the New Jersey faction, were acquitted in a 21-month trial. [62] In August 2005, he was released from prison. His testimony at 16 trials helped convict of a score of associates, including Amuso in 1992 and two NYPD detectives in 2005 who were accused of moonlighting as hit men for the family. [201] All the members of the Reina family held a meeting on Staten Island to determine who murdered Pinzolo, but nothing came of that meeting because everyone remained silent. [19], Robert "Bucky the Boss" Caravaggio (1939 July 28, 2017) was a soldier and leader of the New Jersey faction. Just before the hit, he told D'Arco that he'd gotten word that "you and I are going to be killed and hurt".[264]. [136] Pappadio worked closely with family boss Anthony Corallo. Pleading not guilty to the charges, Furnari was released on $1.75 million bail pending trial.[89]. It occurred in a time of heightened tension between some older Mafia membersmany of whom had immigrated to the United States and clung to the customs of Italy or, more specifically, Sicilyand the younger generation, who mostly grew up in the U.S. and were more willing to embrace American customs and business opportunities. 1965) Annotate this Case US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 346 F.2d 5 (2d Cir. Pinzolo may have been responsible for Reina's murder, although the most widely suspected culprit for that crime was Vito Genovese. [105], Carmine "Willie the Wop" LoCascio (September 23, 1911 March 13, 1983) was a New York mobster who was involved in drug trafficking along with his brother Peter LoCascio. [161] Migliore as a capo represented the family's interest in Northberry Concrete, a Brooklyn-based contractor and member of the New York City's Concrete club. [44][47] By the late 1980s, Coco was considered a semi-retired mobster living in Florida. Salvatore D'Aquila was the first recognized boss of what is now called the Gambino Family, leading a large Palermitani faction in New York City as they emigrated. [246] A champion bodybuilder, he owned a gym in Mill Basin where he trained local young men and boys. [30] The investigators suspected that Cavalieri illegal paid off Local 29 President Louis Sanzo and Local 29 secretary-treasurer Amadeo Petito. Zito had a criminal record and had been arrested in the past for loan sharking. [153], Manzo was released from prison in 1994. [233] In September 2002, Truscello and Steven Crea were indicted on information supplied by Joseph Defede, who became a government witness in February. Mafia Game. [144] In 1980, Mancuso and Samuel Cavalieri were under investigation for corruption of Local 29 of Blasters, Miners and Drill runners Union. Furnari now enjoyed enormous influence both within his own family, the other New York families, and crime families from other US cities. This page was last edited on 4 March 2023, at 10:02. He was convicted in 1961 of trafficking heroin but his conviction was overturned on appeal in 1968 because of violations of the Fourth Amendment. [31] The investigation revealed that in 1978, Petito met in Cavalieri's social club in East Harlem. [289] During Pennisi's testimony, he revealed that the Lucchese family operates with a total of seven crews two in The Bronx, two on Long Island, one in Manhattan, one in New Jersey and one in Brooklyn/Staten Island. This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 16:43. The Arizona Supreme Court affirmed the convictions, but remanded the case for resentencing pursuant to State v. [195] Pinzolo served 2 years and 8 months to 5 years after refusing to testify against Costabile. [302] In 1997, Dicristifaro and Schwartz received life sentences, based on the testimony of Suppa and other witnesses. The Lucchese family controlled the trucking industry (which it sometimes used to manipulate other businesses by limiting their shipping options) and the garment industry in New York, often in association with Carlo Gambino. Pages 5354. The charges also involved the execution of Bonanno crime family de facto boss Carmine Galante in 1979, allegedly on the orders of the Commission because they saw Galante as a potential rival who planned to take over all organized crime operations in the New York area. "The complete idiot's guide to the Mafia. Introduction Past member(s) Joseph Abate Settimo Accardi Joseph Brocchini Robert Caravaggio Frankie Carbo Alfonso Cataldo Samuel Cavalieri Ettore Coco Anthony Corallo Ralph Cuomo Domenico Cutaia Paul Correale . [54], According to investigator Robert Anglen, a Phoenix, Arizona real estate developer, the individual known as Frank Capri is really former mob informant Frank Gioia Jr. Tonight, the police arrested John Adamson, a 32yearold man who had summoned Mr. Bolles to a meeting to discuss alleged involvement of Arizona political figures in a land scandal. [156] On November 14, 1957, Migliore was suspected of driving boss Tommy Lucchese and underboss Steve LaSalle to the famous Apalachin Meeting, a national Cosa Nostra summit in Apalachin, New York that was broken up by law enforcement. By the fall of 1986, Corallo realized that he, Santoro and Furnari would not only be convicted, but were facing sentences that would all but assure they would die in prison. In 1993, Casso was also captured; however, in 1994 he struck a deal with the government to testify against Furnari and other family leaders. The trial began in September 1986. [115][106][116] Tortorello sponsored his son Joseph "Torty Jr." during the ceremony. - Francis Capaldi, white male. He is the uncle to Lucchese family soldier and union boss Anthony DiLapi. In September 1986, Furnari went on trial in the famous New York Mafia Commission case, along with Corallo and underboss Salvatore "Tom Mix" Santoro. Anthony (Tony Ducks) Corallo, Luccheses handpicked successor, was one of the targets of a 1985 FBI investigation that led to his conviction, along with those of the bosses of the Genovese and Colombo families, on charges that included racketeering, extortion, loan-sharking, and murder. In 1957, Rao was arrested with 60 other mobsters at the abortive Apalachin meeting in rural Apalachin, New York. Abraham "Abe" Telvi (September 12, 1934 July 28, 1956) was an associate of Johnny Dio. However the reasons he was placed in charge differ. Furnari was the only defendant to be granted early release by the U.S. Parole Commission, most likely relating to the weak evidence behind his murder conviction. Peter Chiodo died in January 2016, aged 65, of natural causes. [26] In 2004, the New Jersey Commission of Investigation stated that Cataldo was running illegal gambling operations in New Jersey. State v. Steelman (Steelman II), 126 Ariz. 19, 612 P.2d 475 (1980) PROCEDURAL POSTURE: The defendant was convicted in Superior Court (Pima) of two counts of first-degree murder, burglary, kidnapping, and two counts of armed robbery. Casso later reported on a meeting at the 19th Hole, in which Furnari told Balagula, Here there's enough for everybody to be happy to leave the table satisfied. She's a Chicago girl at heart, but she still misses living in a place with farms. DeFede entered and left the Witness Protection Program, moving to live in Florida under an assumed name. He got the nickname "The Gap" after losing two front teeth in a childhood fight. John Junior. Eugenio Giannini a former soldier who became an informant to the Bureau of Narcotics. Izaak Silber soon joined in the bingo operation. [68], Paul "Paulie Ham" Correale (April 25, 1911 died 1962) was a capo in the Lucchese family. Reina's murder was one of the . Vic Amuso and Anthony Casso then ordered Joseph "Little Joe" D'Arco to kill DiLapi. In December 1998, DeFede pled guilty to the charges and received five years in prison. Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. In 1962, at age 38, Furnari became a made man in the Lucchese family. When Carl tried to escape, he was shot to death by police in an apparent suicide-by-cop. In 1979, Abate went into semiretirement and Accetturo succeed him as boss of the New . Lucchese crime family, New York-based organized crime syndicate. On July 6, 1942, Santoro received six months to two years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to import narcotics from Mexico. [74] On February 4, 1990, D'Arco shot DiLapi to death in his Hollywood, California apartment building's underground garage. [187] His son Joseph R. "Big Joe" Perna followed him into the life and became a member of the Lucchese family's New Jersey faction. In 2002, Salanardi was indicted along with consigliere Joseph Caridi, acting capo John "Johnny Sideburns" Cerrella and others. From 1986 to 1988, Caravaggio was one of the twenty defendants in the 21-month-long trial of Lucchese crime family's New Jersey faction. [208] At the same time the longtime boss Thomas Lucchese had become ill and Rao was thought of as a suitable successor. [245], Michael "Mikey Muscles" DiCarlo (died May 16, 1978) was an associate from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. In early 1986, while Furnari was awaiting the Commission trial, the Lucchese family uncovered a new, potentially lucrative racket. [184][185] In the 1970s, his two brothers Fred and Michael Pappadio joined him in controlling Ideal Trucking in the Garment district. [11] Accardi later moved to Toronto, Canada, to oversee this operation. [255] In the attack, Telvi had burned himself badly on the right side of his face and neck with some of the acid that splashed on him. [247], DiCarlo was ordered killed by his capo after molesting a boy whose family had connections to the Luccheses, and the murder contract was given to Gambino family soldier Roy DeMeo. Once Crea took over, family profits rose enormously. Some have argued that Furnari wasn't on the Commission then and had no connection with the Galante hit. Genovese family capo Anthony "Tony Bender" Strollo gave the contract to Joseph Valachi. [226] Testa was sentenced to two years in prison and after his release joined the Lucchese crime family. 2 seat and loyally served as Gagliano's underboss for the ensuing two decades. After Reznikov left the nightclub, Balagula suffered a massive heart attack. [140] In 1992, he died from natural causes. 15 murders since 1981 unsolved. [195] After his arrest Pinzolo gave up his boss Giuseppe Costabile, a Camorrista who controlled the area south of Houston Street to Canal Street and from East Broadway to the East River. They would come into conflict with an accomplished . [198] The office was leased by Tommy Lucchese four months earlier. On August 24, he was sentenced to fifteen years of imprisonment and a $16,000 fine. His uncle, Salvatore Santoro, was a former underboss in the Lucchese family. [125], Peter Joseph "Mr. [269] In July 1997, Chido testified against Genovese crime family boss Vincent Gigante in another Windows-related racketeering trial.[270]. He was made sometime in the 1940s operating drug trafficking and loansharking rings. Docket Number: 90-1311", "United States v. Migliore Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Filed: November 4th, 1996. His father was Antonio Rao and his mother Liboria Gagliano. [57][64] On October 25, 2009, Cutaia was sentenced to 39 months in federal prison for bank fraud. [56] Cuomo's pizzeria "Ray's Pizza" was later sold for almost $6 million. 'SOPRANOS' Say mobsters put bite on restaurant", "Federal Bureau of Prisons: Inmate Locator "Vincent Salanardi", "Jailed Mob Associates Help Convict Men Accused Of Murder", "Pair Get Life Terms In Murder -Reputed Mobsters Also Serving Time For Drugs", New York Times: Ex-Crime Boss Testifies In Gotti Trial, New York Times: Former Crime Boss Testifies, New York Times: Guilty Plea In Mafia Case, New York Times: Reputed Crime Boss Enters a Guilty Plea, New York Times: After Mob, Joe DeFede, Ex-Crime Boss, Is Scraping By, Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator Website, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_past_Lucchese_crime_family_mobsters&oldid=1142781402. [136] Anthony Casso planned Pappadio's murder ordering brothers Carmine Avellino to bring Pappadio to Crown Bagels, a bakery on Rockaway Boulevard in the South Ozone Park, Queens. Following the unsuccessful assassination attempt, Lucchese mobsters delivered a blunt threat to Chiodo's lawyer that they would kill Chiodo's wife if he testified, a violation of a longstanding Mafia rule against harming women. Origins. The body displayed several gunshot wounds to the head. After a 1991 meeting during which he feared being murdered, D'Arco went into hiding and soon became a government witness himself. Apr 1, 2001. Michele has a B.A. They ushered in a violent new era, at one point trying to put out a hit on the entire New Jersey faction of the family, referred to as the whack Jersey order. [16] Brocchini was laid to rest at Mount Saint Mary Cemetery in Flushing, Queens. [54] In 1998, Cuomo was sentenced to four years in prison for making heroin sales in the pizzeria. While testifying in different cities, the government had to fly Chiodo in a special plane due to his morbid obesity.