@Bensonhurst, you make some interesting points. Andre D'Apice is, yes, a cousin and a second-generation Colombo wiseguy. He was inducted in the Colombos FIRST induction ceremony after the books had been closed since the war - Feb. 2000. Remember, he was only 24 at the time which shows his significance. He worked with Teddy Persico Jr. following Teddy's release in 2004. We know that Teddy was the family's heir and would later go from soldier-to-admin himself. So you could be on to something about D'Apice, but afterall, for all we know is he is a soldier and has never been anything more.
On the cash advance thing, the Colombo month from this month alleges that soldier Vito Difalco and associate Joe Maratea ran loansharking through Maratea's pawnshop and payday lending business which was located above Vito's bar in Dyker Heights. So again, you could be on to something. The Colombos have been into a lot more white-collar shit than people give them credit for, like Anthony Stropoli and his stock fraud scam and the Colombo's lucrative construction rackets which weren't even investigated for years. Ralph Scopo Jr. took over Sr.'s concrete union pretty much the moment Scopo Sr. got his 100-year Commission case sentence and was able to make millions under the radar for decades, with nobody batting an eye over the fact that the man behind the Concrete Club's son was running the same union.