Interesting, Ivy. These guys have been at it forever. And I have to say, Depreta is a stand-up kid. He did about a three year federal bit back in the early 2000s.

Someone asked if any of these guys were made? Well, I'm fairly sure that no one in the Stamford area has been made since Tony Megale back in the late '80s. It's one fuck-up after another up there, and I think the Gambinos are just leery of a lot of those guys. As far as the guys named in the indictment go, they were mostly around Megale and/or Nick Melia.

Re "asociates" --- I guess it's all according to your interpretation, but to me, someone has to be "on record" with the local soldier to be counted as an associate. Otherwise, you can make a case for every truck driver and dock worker being connected. And that just isn't the case.