The fifth, Vincent, was initiated in 2002. Gotti was identified as a caporegime (made member who heads a "crew" of soldiers and has major social status) by 2002. Gotti was one of five brothers who became made men in the Gambino crime family: Eugene "Gene" Gotti was initiated before John due to the latter's incarceration, Peter Gotti was initiated under John's leadership in 1988, and Richard V. His parents were born in New York City, but it is presumed that his grandparents were from San Giuseppe Vesuviano, in the province of Naples, Italy, because his parents were married and lived there for some time. He was the fifth of the 13 children (two had died at birth) of John Joseph Gotti Sr.
Gotti was born in the Bronx borough of New York City, on October 27, 1940. According to Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso, the former boss of the Lucchese crime family, "what John Gotti did was the beginning of the end of Cosa Nostra". Gotti died of throat cancer on June 10, 2002, at the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri. He received life in prison without parole and was transferred to United States Penitentiary, Marion. In 1992, Gotti was convicted of five murders, conspiracy to commit murder, racketeering, obstruction of justice, tax evasion, illegal gambling, extortion, and loansharking. Gotti's underboss, Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano, aided the FBI in convicting Gotti in 1991, Gravano agreed to turn state's evidence and testify against Gotti after hearing the boss make disparaging remarks about him on a wiretap that implicated them both in several murders. Law enforcement authorities continued gathering evidence against Gotti, who reportedly earned between $5 million-20 million per year as Gambino boss. He was later given the nickname "The Teflon Don" after three high-profile trials in the 1980s resulted in his acquittal, though it was later revealed that the trials had been tainted by jury tampering, juror misconduct and witness intimidation. While his peers generally avoided attracting attention, especially from the media, Gotti became known as "The Dapper Don", for his expensive clothes and personality in front of news cameras. During his era, he became widely known for his outspoken personality and flamboyant style, which gained him favor with some of the general public. As this fear continued to grow, and amidst growing dissent over the leadership of the crime family, Gotti organized the murder of Castellano.Īt his peak, Gotti was one of the most powerful and dangerous crime bosses in the United States. Following the FBI's indictment of members of Gotti's crew for selling narcotics, Gotti began to fear that he and his brother would be killed by Castellano for dealing drugs.
Gotti quickly became one of the crime family's biggest earners and a protégé of Aniello Dellacroce, the Gambino family underboss, operating out of the neighborhood of Ozone Park in Queens. Gotti and his brothers grew up in poverty and turned to a life of crime at an early age. He ordered and helped to orchestrate the murder of Gambino boss Paul Castellano in December 1985 and took over the family shortly thereafter, becoming boss of what has been described as America's most powerful crime syndicate. ( / ˈ ɡ ɒ t i/, Italian: Octo– June 10, 2002) was an American gangster and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City.
Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole and fined $250,000 Страна: U.S.A.Murder, conspiracy, conspiracy to commit murder, loansharking, racketeering, obstruction of justice, illegal gambling, tax evasion (1992)įour years' imprisonment served two years.
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