Is John Scalzitti still alive?...He was tight with Ciancutti.
To my knowledge, Scalzitti participated in the drug trade with the Pittsburgh family, and also provided a lot of muscle in collections and otherwise. I believe he is currently in prison on a murder charge or attempted murder...I don't recall which.
Scalzitti also worked with Paul Mazzei, known as the "Pittsburgh Connection" from the movie Goodfellas and was knee deep in the Boston College point shaving scandal with Henry Hill.