He has not had that much luck, they entrapped him to come to New York and hit him with charges that were overblown. He was lucky to survive the 1980's, but they will hound him till the day he dies. He opened a restaurant in Florida, the feds and posters on sites like this got angry that he dared to pose in front of his own place. A person took his photo at a hockey game where he was sitting with a very young nephew, and people were angry, saying he was flaunting or some such crap. If he moved to a mountain in the far east to be a Buddist Monk, they'd say he was planning to commit crimes form there and set up a criminal empire.
The downside to being a "legacy" mobster is he'll always be hounded. As I stated, if you can trace to back to the "legends of the mob" (in his case, Angelo Bruno), it makes you "the real deal" and a bigger fish to catch. Throw on top that he's been elusive (considering they wanna give him Life I'm sure), makes the heat even hotter.
I try to stay away from the modern stuff for obvious reason, but I got alot of respect for Merlino. I hope the guy goes out like a true CN boss.
