FBI takes down ENTIRE leadership of the Colombo crime family: Boss, underboss, consigliere and all capos are arrested along with nine other mobsters in health insurance fraud raids
Daily Mail
September 14, 2021
The reputed boss of the Colombo crime family and his top henchman were among 13 alleged mobsters arrested in an early-morning raid Tuesday in New York and New Jersey over fraud and corruption, federal officials said.
Andrew Russo, 85, and his underboss, Benjamin Castellazzo, 82, were scooped up with seven other members of the Colombo crime family - the youngest of five families said to control organized crime in New York City, a U.S. attorney spokesperson said.
Colombo crime family captains Theodore Persico, Jr., Richard Ferrara and Vincent Ricciardo were among the arrested, caught on racketeering charges, along with soldier Michael Uvino and associates Thomas Costa and Domenick Ricciardo, the spokesperson revealed.
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WE'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE ..... 10 YEARS AGO THE FBI TOOK DOWN THE WHOLE COLOMBO FAMILY
On March 28, 2011, the New York Post headline read: Goodbye Colombos!
"The once-mighty Colombo crime family was brought down by FBI agents in the biggest single-day mob sweep in US history, with more than 100 wiseguys — the great majority of them Colombos — charged with a variety of crimes in January."
The Colombo Family survived that bust as it will withe latest bust by the FBI.
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You want to take down a crime family. Make all prison properties unable to send or receive cell phone signals. Simple.
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