[quote=JCB1977]In all the research I've done on Pittsburgh, never did I come across anything that said Mike and Nicky were related. I am pretty close to Mike Genovese's son, Michael and he had never mentioned that. I could be wrong, but what is your source for that information? That would be a pretty nice find if they were in fact related. It has been reported on certain websites that Mike was related to Vito, but that is NOT true, not even distant cousins. Mike did go to NY about once a month and was very close to Salerno, Gigante and Benny Eggs probably because they represented Pittsburgh on the commission.

One thing I do know for sure is that Nicky Scarfo Sr. used to come in to Youngstown, OH quite a bit to meet with Mike Genovese at a tailormade mens clothing store called Lord Chesterfield Menswear owned by one of my uncles, Nicky Polito. There was a huge back office with a bar and most of the guys would meet there to discuss business and get fitted for suits. Scarfo also used Youngstown businessman Victor Calautti to launder money into Belgium and Swiss bank accounts.

Joe Sica was an interesting character. His son in law was Capo Frank Rosa (died in 1982) and his grandson was infamous RAT Joey Rosa. Joey Rosa was the key witness that testified against Chucky Porter and Louis Raucci back in 1990. If I'm not mistaken, Joe Sica died in July of 1991. Mike Genovese put him on the shelf after his grandson testified in the 1990 racketeering trial of Chucky Porter and Louis Raucci. I was told that when he was put on the shelf, he never got over it as he ate, slept and breathed LCN.

I did see in the D'Arco book that he and Sica were cousins and Sica tried to get D'Arco to come to Pittsburgh. [/quot

My source is Nicky scarfo jr. He went out there in the late 80s,to set up a video poker route
Nicky scarfo sr worked it through his cousin mike genovese