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THE SAGA OF SKINNY NICKY CONTINUES
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01/04/14 01:54 AM
01/04/14 01:54 AM
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By ED SCARPO
Roughly one year ago, "skinny" Nicholas Farrinaci, formerly a proprietor of a cigar stand in northern Detroit, was indicted on charges of extortion. According to the indictment, Farrinaci "shook down" fellow northern Detroit business owners through the use of strong arm tactics such as vandalism, physical violence and death threats. Farrinaci was subsequently released on his own recognizance at $500,000 bail.
What went unmentioned in the original indictment, and what a grand jury in the eastern district of Michigan will debate in the upcoming weeks is whether Farrinaci's activity was in aid of a criminal enterprise. Specifically, Federal authorities have set forth a new indictment charging Farrinaci as the head of his own gang. According to sources in law enforcement, the new indictment charges Farrinaci (whose nickname is "Skinny" because of the combination of his height and small frame) as a captain or "capo" of a gang or "crew" of mafia soldiers operating throughout multiple areas of Detroit. Brought under the RICO statutes, the new indictment alleges that in aid of Farrinaci's enterprise, his crew committed a host of criminal activities.
Known as "predicates", charges brought under the RICO statute typically require that crimes be committed in aid of a criminal enterprise. These predicates are typically subsumed within a RICO indictment, and typically display the mechanisms employed by the enterprise in aid of its criminal goal. According to sources in law enforcement, the predicates that will be charged in the case of Farrinaci's gang include the original extortion charge, as well as loansharking, bookmaking and cocaine trafficking.
Should the grand jury chose to indict, both law enforcement and street sources close to the scene say that the roughly four "made" members of Farrinaci's crew will be bracing for impact, as both they and several other unmade associates could start off the new year with a bang; in federal custody.
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