Joey merlino and others busted

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/dozens-mobsters-busted-east-coast-takedown-article-1.2738244

Dino if the feds dont make a Rico con big things murder,drugs,racket ecc I doubt that joey will do a 20 to life sentence.

So just read this on the post. Few things i seen. Frank harpo luchese guy was lil als driver and been around paul vario. Alot of mde guys mostly from the bronx doesnt surprise me merlino was conmected to the bronx guys he spent 12 yers in prison with most of them. Probaly backed him as boss to thats why no one fucked with him. But whts with the feds indicted him in nyc nd just putting his name next to parello on every charge. They couldnt indict him in philly or florida? Also anyone know if anyother phillys guys are indicted. Hes not named in the gun trafficking thing so its all gambling and 1 health fraud which i wonder how that worked. So just think if merlino was even getting money witg the nyc guys how much was he getting at home. Im trying to find the Massachusetts connection taking a guess its whats ever left of the springfield crew working with the bronx guys.

Didn't Patsy lose a child?

Why wouldnt they indict merlino. It makes a great headline. There gonna hold him for 2 years awaiting trial cause hes a boss. Joey probaly not dumb anuff to meet with anyone lower then a capo from nyc after nicky skins was taping him. He will have his mouth piece lawyer forgot name saying he did nothing wrong an cant wait for trial. Looks like the feds had to bring the nyc office in tge mix to make a case against merlino. Weres uncle joe or mazzone strange. Must have been meeting parello secretly. Hes not charged with any violence so i dont no how the bail will go. Hes lawyer Jacobs. Parellos fucked thou. How bad did they want to get barneys name in this indictment.

Merlino emerged in the 1990s as the face of the Philadelphia mob. He was a charismatic and well-known personality, the city’s only celebrity gangster, the John Gotti of Passyunk Avenue. He and an entourage of young, well-dressed, good looking mobsters would frequent the clubs along Delaware Avenue and at the Jersey Shore.

Whoever the cooperating witness is against Merlino, the Feds wanted him...BADLY! 2 prior Federal Convictions...and they got him on tape and under video...he's fucked

Merlino's name is mentioned in connection with only a few of the allegations in the indictment, including participating in three sports gambling businesses - one based in Costa Rica, the others in New York, New Jersey and Florida. Merlino is also accused of participating in a scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe unnecessary "prescription compound cream" to patients, the indictment says.

funny, for a long time ive read a lot of the experts on here say that new York wouldn't bother with joey, west side hates joey, joey this, joey that...this case, seems to prove to the contrary, no, guys?

One article had Merlino in a white RR...looks like fed snapped pictures





Dont know if that is in Philly or Florida

Does this take down hurt any of the families?

Read a lot of these guys are associates

So far I count 2 Genovese captains, 1 Genovese acting captain, 2 Genovese soldiers, 2 Lucchese soldiers, 2 Bonanno soldiers. I'm wondering if Danny Marino Jr is made with the Gambinos. Probably others too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caeaercSwDg

Also, DS and GA will do a special report at 5 PM for those in Philly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caeaercSwDg

Also, DS and GA will do a special report at 5 PM for those in Philly.

Dave Schratwieser ‏@DSchratwieser 3h3 hours ago
@FOX29philly Indictment charges Merlino and other suspects met at highway rest stops & restaurants to scheme#fox29

Dave Schratwieser ‏@DSchratwieser 4h4 hours ago
@FOX29philly FBI sources say Merlino busted at Boca Raton home just after sun up. Lawyer says "not 1st Rodeo"#fox29





Pics from DS's twitter.

He probably does have a better chance in a philly court. So not surprised they won't take him there.

Joey has a good lawyer. Interested to see how trial goes. There's a small chance he could beat this thing. Most likely he won't but you know how his luck goes.

Looks to me like the Bronx guys are the central target here. Considering how bad a few of the fed LCN cases have gone lately (Ligambi, Asaro, & Santora), I wouldn't count Joey as chunked away yet. Let's be real, the Feds have a hard on for him we haven't seen since the Gottis. Even if this case is weak, they would love nothing more than inconveniencing him.

Well it's not like Gotti and Merlino made it hard for them is it? It's not like they are getting put on trial for jaywalking or something. Gotti rigged two trials, threatened juror's lives, had his neighbor dissolved in acid and openly discussed hits on tape.

How is that having a "hard on"?

60 made guys are you serious?

geogre A said a few years back they had just over 20 i know a few guys have got out of prison and few more got made but 60 is ridiculous i dont even think scarfo era was that high. Dont think i have ever seen anyone say they are all old guys

Ivy, what do you think the chances are that the rat/rats stem from this Genovese case from 2014? Seeing how it has the same criminal components.
http://nj.gov/oag/newsreleases14/pr20141021b.html

if you include guys in prison aswell then maybe it is near 50 but the amount of the streets is not even close. All charts i have seen have around mid 30s and thats with guys who some believe are inactive nicky the whip for example

Geogre A and the feds had i think around 23 made guys on the streets in 2008 they have not had 37 made guys appear on the streets in the last 8 years thats why i replied to the guys post

hate to say it but the genovese capo has a restaurant named after him to and if pretty famous my guess his restarant on a historic street in nyc that holds 100 or more people im guessing is worth multi millions. 5x merlino place and a few rolls royces. and his name is slapped right on it. even if its 100+ percent legit probaly in his wifes name or kid its patsy. doesnt that draw attention.

I have to agree with you. It's amazing to see so many people defend these animals. Have they watched GoodFellas too many times or? I wonder what the deal is.

I'm not defending Joey. You reap what you sow. When you live that life you get what's coming. When you antagonize the Feds, you get indicted. I'm just curious if Joey's case is strong. That's all

Looks like those arrested in Boca were arrested for the health care fraud end of things. Im guessing they were affiliated with Merlino amd thats the bulk of the evidence against Merlino? The charges against Merlino dont look compelling at all. Just my initial take.

irishk..did you read the indictment at all? or just throwing abstract shit out? 'he had or wanted to be involved with taking relative unknowns under him'..where is that coming from? indictment has the CW and UC working in the Bronx, bud, not in florida, and the guys in ny were heavy and not unknowns..i have no idea how you would draw the correlation you just drew, none whatsoever...I personally have no clue at all as to what is or was going down..but as an outsider, id draw the exact opposite conclusion that you just did, id say because he is in with ny, that everyone else has to listen, that's my take, again, as an outsider like yourself...

Was Barone the last Westside soldier to flip?

LMAO...it was only a matter of time before the Feds got another crack at the punk. Parading around Florida living in other people's posh residences while becoming a maitre'd in a restaurant named after him...I hope he does a 100 years

[img]https://mobile.twitter.com/DSchratwieser/status/761240420705763328/photo/1[/img]

Is that Phil Ligambi Skinny Joey is meeting with in Longport/Margate in Mayonaise Face's Twitter feed?

Will these guys be held in custody till their court cases?



Got to think Philly will not cut any ties to Joey, Ligambi is well respected and what he says goes whether he wants retirement or not ?

Lol why would you "hope somebody gets 100 years" did one of these guys bully you when you were younger or something, smh

so you think there should be a difference in sentencing for someone like bellomo because he is not a john gotti type mobster. Did Gigante do anything better than gotti? they both had people killed so i dont understand your point here

The smart guys keep it on the DL. The idiots brag about it. That's how you get caught. Cali and Bellomo are smart players. How many pictures of them have you seen recently? They keep their shit tight, they don't flaunt their fortunes. I respect that.

so you think there should be a difference in sentencing for someone like bellomo because he is not a john gotti type mobster. Did Gigante do anything better than gotti? they both had people killed so i dont understand your point here

And for perspective:
The idiot grandchild and namesake of John Gotti got caught dealing Oxy in the adjacent thread was making $100k a month.
The Feds pulled $30k from 39 arrested.
That's less than a thousand dollars on average for everyone arrested.

So John Gotti Jnr, not mob affiliated, financially, was worth in illegal proceeds OVER A HUNDRED TIMES MORE than each of these 'Mafia Goons'!

Now, tell me this wasn't personal. Or that it was federal resources well spent.

"Thirty-nine of the defendants charged were taken into custody today. During the arrests, law enforcement officers recovered, among other items, three handguns, a shotgun, gambling paraphernalia, and more than $30,000 in cash."

There are some who'll dismiss what I'm about to post as being a fanboy but these indictments scream of personal vendetta by the Feds.
I'd LOVE to see the dollars and resources spent on this 'widespread racketeering'.

Let's look at the quote above from the federal press release.
46 people arrested and a TOTAL of THREE handguns and ONE shotgun 'recovered'.
Ask yourselves what that number would've been if it was a raid on the bloods, crisp, Latin Kings, 'insert name here' Mexican/columbiam drug cartel?
Personally I'd think it'd be at least 5.

$30,0000. Cash. Wow. Seems like a lot huh? FORTY SIX ARRESTED and a GRAND TOTAL of $30k is seized. What a conspiracy.
Agian. Imagine the dollars recovered against a drug cartel.
Do we think it'd be more or less, than fucking 30k...

Gambling paraphernalia? Really? That's worth noting? What, deck of cards? Sports sheet? What a joke.

I'm not saying crimes weren't commited.
But God knows how many years and GOD KNOWS how many millions were spent because Patsy Parillo told some guys to give a kicking to a guy who was hassling female patrons outside his restaurant. Or to give a guy a scare because they gambled, lost and owed them serious coin.
And because a guys name is Joey Merlino and he's a trophy.
But hey, they got 4 guns off the street.

What a joke.

Compare what would've been resulted if this was a two year multimillion dollar investigation against a drug cartel, or the crops, or the bloods, Latin Kings, hells angels, pagens etc etc.

A fucking damn site more than four guns, a betting sheet and an assault against a drunken abusive hobo.

And that's not fanboy shit. It's simply obviously ridiculous allocation of policing resources. When compared with obvious alternatives.

The Mafia gets headlines. That's ALL this achieved.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/man...organized-crime

good pictures:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...crime-case.html

"Thirty-nine of the defendants charged were taken into custody today. During the arrests, law enforcement officers recovered, among other items, three handguns, a shotgun, gambling paraphernalia, and more than $30,000 in cash."

There are some who'll dismiss what I'm about to post as being a fanboy but these indictments scream of personal vendetta by the Feds.
I'd LOVE to see the dollars and resources spent on this 'widespread racketeering'.

Let's look at the quote above from the federal press release.
46 people arrested and a TOTAL of THREE handguns and ONE shotgun 'recovered'.
Ask yourselves what that number would've been if it was a raid on the bloods, crisp, Latin Kings, 'insert name here' Mexican/columbiam drug cartel?
Personally I'd think it'd be at least 5.

$30,0000. Cash. Wow. Seems like a lot huh? FORTY SIX ARRESTED and a GRAND TOTAL of $30k is seized. What a conspiracy.
Agian. Imagine the dollars recovered against a drug cartel.
Do we think it'd be more or less, than fucking 30k...

Gambling paraphernalia? Really? That's worth noting? What, deck of cards? Sports sheet? What a joke.

I'm not saying crimes weren't commited.
But God knows how many years and GOD KNOWS how many millions were spent because Patsy Parillo told some guys to give a kicking to a guy who was hassling female patrons outside his restaurant. Or to give a guy a scare because they gambled, lost and owed them serious coin.
And because a guys name is Joey Merlino and he's a trophy.
But hey, they got 4 guns off the street.

What a joke.

Compare what would've been resulted if this was a two year multimillion dollar investigation against a drug cartel, or the crops, or the bloods, Latin Kings, hells angels, pagens etc etc.

A fucking damn site more than four guns, a betting sheet and an assault against a drunken abusive hobo.

And that's not fanboy shit. It's simply obviously ridiculous allocation of policing resources. When compared with obvious alternatives.

The Mafia gets headlines. That's ALL this achieved.

MERLINO IS HAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE A JERKOFF PERIOD.

HIS FOOD JOINT IN BOCA LASTED SIX MONTHS I GUESS HIS MOM'S SECRET GRAVY TASTED LIKE DOG FOOD?

I LIVE IN DELRAY I NEVER SAW HIM I GUESS HE WAS TO BUSY SELLING DOCTORS CREAM AND GETTING BUSTED ON SOME THIRD RATE FBI OPERATION STUPID WOP.
AND IF ANYONE THINKS IM SAYING THIS HIDING ONLINE TELL ME WERE AND WHEN ILL SAY IT TO ANYONE OF HIS LOW LIFE HAS BEEN WANNABE BROKE ASS LOSER NO BRAIN BUDDY'S
DO THE WORLD A FAVOR GET CANCER JUMP IN THE BOX ALREADY SCUM BUM

i have to think more charges are coming otherwise this is as bad a result for the Feds as they could imagine.

Welcome, I bet you won't be here long

Pasquale's Rigoletto is great!! Go there and sit at the bar.....

Yo Dante, where haven't you been. From Philly to A.C. to the Bronx. You get around. Lol.

Holy heck. The FBI manpower devoted to the mob is at an all time low and you guys still complain. You can't make a judgement of law enforcement resources based on a single indictment. Look at the trends and the big picture rather than just the latest headline. In only the last few months we've had several gambling busts, a mob-run escort ring bust, the marijuana from California bust, illegal dumping in Jersey, and a mob-tied health care fraud bust. But, yeah, the feds really should just leave these guys alone.

Ivy, I would expect you to follow the FBI's gospel hook, line and sinker. I mean this is a guy who believes somebody in upstate New York met Jesus and God and thinks magic underwear are gonna suppress the desire to masturbate.

As a libertarian I am not willing to sacrifice my liberty just to sleep better knowing 75 year old italian men are locked up and not pilfering ball cream.

the fbi has droped the ball a few times on muslim shooters,

the san bernadino shooter was known to them, the Orlando shooter had been interviewed by them. and there are more that should of been investigated,

but by getting headlines busting old bookies,and connected guys, people think they are doing great things......

they are not. they need to step up on the really dangerous
threats that we are vulnerable to. or the shootings will continue,

@Sonny @pmac @ Ivey


I think we have to look at this thing big picture wise, I try to take a birds eye view in all this shit to connect the dots...

Like Ivey said, they cut the FBI resources, so the stuff they do handle, they got to get the most out of it that they can. Now this means both, investigations that yield "prosecutable crimes",as well as political capital. Big drug rings, operations like this one where they can link multiple families, no matter how thin the connections, it's headlines, it's part of the game...

Look at how STRATEGIC these arrest were, they hit the biggest families in NY, plus they get the cast iron young mob boss poster child in Merlino. They even called it the " East Coast Cosa Nostra Enterprise", I don't know why they didn't just call it Commision Case 2 lol.

I think Pmac is on to something with these gambling arrest. They seem more aimed at sending the mob a message than anything. I was going to start a thread asking the question, " Does the mob handle fantasy sports betting?" "How does this action affect regular betting? Is it complimentary to the regular mob clientele, or is there overlap and competition there? There's a pool in like a LOT of offices, type of young, college educated guys with money to burn and a taste for the action. Basically the " New" bettor. Watch it become more tech driven too, it's too young and sexy not to.Like ANYONE CAN BET FANTASY SPORTS, it reminds me of the Junior Soprano line, " Fuckin ch*nks and housewives are betting football..." What happens when BIGMONEY starts to move in like with weed? I wanted to do another thread asking if a gambling machine was better than a sports book. While back, article in the SunTimes said the state took in 913 million from video poker machines last year, revenue starting to compete with the ten casinos here.

I would pay attention to this trend of coming down hard on gambling rings in the future.. Bet you money it starts to coincide with more legalization legislation, but hey, I'm a suspicious person, lol any more thoughts fellas?

@ Ivy

Just forget it.

Some people - in their warped and, perhaps, biased - mindsets, think American people of Italian descent should be exempt from prosecution and the FBI should just focus all their attention on ISIS and the blacks and the cartels.

It's persecution don't you know.

Where is Joe Colombo when you need him?

"Back in my day the neighborhood was safer. No blacks or Dominicans. And Gotti kept the blacks out. That girl wouldn't have got killed back in my day."



Let Joey Merlino and Patsy Parrello defraud, launder, plunder and enjoy their assets - little of which they have accrued legally.

They are merely contributing to the rich civic tapestry of American life.

Fine, upstanding citizens. Unlike the pesky panhandler (who probably ended up homeless because he served in Vietnam unlike most mobsters who were proud draft dodgers).

@ Ivy

Just forget it.

Some people - in their warped and, perhaps, biased - mindsets, think American people of Italian descent should be exempt from prosecution and the FBI should just focus all their attention on ISIS and the blacks and the cartels.

It's persecution don't you know.

Where is Joe Colombo when you need him?

"Back in my day the neighborhood was safer. No blacks or Dominicans. And Gotti kept the blacks out. That girl wouldn't have got killed back in my day."



Let Joey Merlino and Patsy Parrello defraud, launder, plunder and enjoy their assets - little of which they have accrued legally.

They are merely contributing to the rich civic tapestry of American life.

Fine, upstanding citizens. Unlike the pesky panhandler (who probably ended up homeless because he served in Vietnam unlike most mobsters who were proud draft dodgers).

I mean this is a guy who believes somebody in upstate New York met Jesus and God and thinks magic underwear are gonna suppress the desire to masturbate.

You want to know warped? Here is the kind of shit boy scout moe sends users randomly and out of the blue:

http://imgur.com/kvotUpm

The rest of his post sounds like Howard Zinn book regurgitated by a medicore 4th grader. How about you live here, not in your dying welfare state, before you go on with gross over-generalizations and stupid 60s song sounding memes?

Prove it. Show me the personal message log where I am starting creepy personal messages toward you.

Otherwise stop lying and just retract.

"LittleNicky has been abusive to me via private messages"

So lets recap:

1- First, lied that the personality disorder like PMs sent to me were for "dellacroce". I guess it is hard to keep track of all your abusive, nutjob personal messages to people.
2- Then lied repeatedly claiming I sent "abusive to me via private messages".

Interesting.

The beating up the pan handler is probably the stupidest thing I've ever heard in a fed rico trial

It's illegal in some/most states. Guess it ain't in NY.

I'm 75 yrs old and I like everybody.....

peace brothers. PEACE

Wow. What the fuck happened to this site? Delete this shit already.

Bernie? I was gonna vote for you.

Court documents say FBI has "thousands of hours" of tapes on Joey Merlino & other wiseguys.

Documents say "cooperating witness" worked for Merlino & Genovese Capo Pasquale Patsy Parrello.

Who's the Boss? Court document: Merlino "believed to be the Boss of Philadelphia Crime family"

Document :Merlino on tape as he "discussed crimes he was committing and exhibited role as leader"

Mob Boss Joey Merlino's bail hearing in Florida continued til Friday.He remains behind bars

In a memo seeking to have him and 10 others held without bail, prosecutors argued that “Merlino has been captured on recordings supervising a number of individuals, questioning whether certain associates were 'rats,’ collecting illegal gambling debts and engaging in fraud against health insurers.”

Authorities also allege that Merlino, from Florida, was “working in earnest to rebuild the Philadelphia crime family.”

I would like to comment that while some early in this thread gave me shit for saying the Feds had a hard on for Joey, let me refer you to pages 84-85 of The Last Gangster (which I'm currently reading).

"Getting Joey- wiping that silly smirk off his face, sticking his fancy clothes and lavish lifestyle up his ass- became as important as building a criminal case. It wasn't about justice. It was about winning. It was personal. The FBI had a hard-on for Joey Merlino."

Some guys here remind me of Angelo Lutz for some reason.

Man, if Joey was in Philly more, he wouldn't have had to talk to so many unknowns. Go figure. Staying away from Philly might have accelerated his downfall.

Also, this medical scam sounds pretty lucrative.

I wonder if the Perna that Joey was with in Florida was in on any of this?

Joey was certainly living a beyond lavish lifestyle, I bet that cream scam was VERY lucrative.

The insurance fraud, according to sources, was a scheme involving corrupt doctors and pharmaceutical suppliers and a medication known as a compounded pain management cream – a multi-ingredient topical cream described in a recent article from the Coalition for Insurance Fraud as the “snake oil” of the 21st century. It is used to treat joint and muscle pain.

Insurance companies have been billed millions of dollars for the cream, according to government reports and investigations from various parts of the country. How and when the mob got involved remains unclear, but sources say New York mobsters brought the scam to Florida where Merlino and his associates set up a system in which “patients” would visit doctors who wrote prescriptions for the cream, which was then supplied by mob-linked “compounding pharmacies.” Those suppliers would then bill insurance companies hundreds of thousands of dollars.

“A single tube can retail for up to $10,000,” according to an article that appeared in June in the Journal for Insurance Fraud in America. “Each new prescription — often offered as a 'trial’ — authorizes 10 refills. One 'trial prescription’ for one patient thus can generate nearly $100,000.”

Anyone have a picture of O'Norfio

If this goes bad for Merlino and he gets the max sentence does he lose the top spot in Philly or since most guys at the top were his boyhood friends does he pull a Snake Persico and keep the top spot? If he does lose it who steps up and takes over?

Mafia loses its influence in New York's Little Italy

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/08/11/mafia-loses-its-influence-in-new-yorks-little-italy.html?

More arrests today apparently. Cant find a good link but shratweiser said it invloves some merlino "pals". Brad sirkin among them...

The pain cream they filed 633 million in claims,137 million in reimbursements
No wonder merlino drives a rolls. He can easily afford it
http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/blog...ltimillion.html

Man you guys didn't even read the article.

1. He already made the bond...his wife and someone else put up their houses.

2. It said David Roth was his lawyer.

Man you guys didn't even read the article.

1. He already made the bond...his wife and someone else put up their houses.

2. It said David Roth was his lawyer.

I know Eddie Jacobs Health has not been good but still don't know if that's why he was not there .
The layer that picked Skinny up drives a pickup truck so I am just guessing that he had to use a lawyer from down in Florida .
Because back in the 770's and 80's we could not use any of our lawyers when we got busted down there .

I know Eddie Jacobs Health has not been good but still don't know if that's why he was not there .
The layer that picked Skinny up drives a pickup truck so I am just guessing that he had to use a lawyer from down in Florida .
Because back in the 770's and 80's we could not use any of our lawyers when we got busted down there .

Also beanshooter no...none of the charges are in philly

Yep! Greed is gonna sink Joey- he clearly wasn't satisfied with the envelopes coming from Philly, AC, and North Jersey....

Serb, you're right he might have used an attorney from Florida but aren't the charges in New York and Philly? So once he has to report here that's when Jacobs will start representing him. Just my opinion.

Rolls was rented....

but man, what a scheme...that is some expensive ass cream

They basically just took the oxycodone thing with crooked doctors and applied it to this cream, guess they figured a "cream" would draw a lot less heat than pills would.

Wheres Moe and everyone who was all dismissive claiming he got a couple envelopes here and there?? He is boss of a resurgent family and was clearly earning a lot with the Westside.

Lol he made 5 million dollar bail in a couple hours and the trolls still grasping at straws.

Take Down 46

Another week in the life, and this week the FBI took down 46 guys from a number of families for various racketeering charges. The names you will recognize, because these guys just never seem to learn.

Jimmy Caci, who was the street boss of the Los Angeles family, told me a few months before he passed away that the life was not what it was supposed to be. It had gotten out of control and there was no honor or loyalty anymore. This was after my first book Breakshot had come out.

So here we were, sitting at a diner and he is speaking to me. I felt sorry for him because he was a relic from the past and his time had passed. Jimmy was originally from Buffalo, New York and he knew the long time boss Stephan Maggadino. He was on good terms with all the guys in the family when it was at it’s peak. Jimmy grew up in a different time. A time when Italians were looked down upon. Boxers used Irish names to get fights, and most policemen were Irish. The mafia served a purpose then, but now it may be one more thing, like Sears, we do not need.
You can read more about Jimmy in Breakshot, which has been re-released.

Joey Merlino was the one time boss of the Philadelphia family. He may still be boss, but he is in custody again. Merlino has spent more than half his life locked up. He is the son of former underboss Sal Merlino and is also nephew to soldier Lawrence Merlino, both of whom are now dead.

Merlino has gotten away with murder but he just cannot seem to go straight. Some guys just never get it.

In better times Joey Merlino was out in Los Angeles with Johnny Fratto getting chased by TMZ. Merlino was out to speak about selling his life rights to a well known movie producer. Maybe this story will go into the new Johnny Fratto book that Randazzo is working on.

The new indictment charges many of the guys with bookmaking. They again used offshore websites, but did business here in the US under the name Costa Rican International Sportsbook. One of those charged was Daniel Marino Jr., a friend of Colombo Craig Marino and son of a Gambino heavy weight. Many years ago Daniel was hiding out at Joe Dente's home in Los Angeles.

This time the indictment has a couple of crimes we have not witnessed in an indictment in a few years. Healthcare fraud: where they had doctors prescribing an expensive compound and charging insurance companies. They were also smuggling untaxed cigarettes into the New York area, where they were worth three million dollars.

They had a casino style gambling spot in Yonkers where they hosted poker and other card games.

John Lembo, a name that was well known to those around back in the stock fraud days, was busted for setting up credit card skimmers. Lembo was a friend of Eddie Garofalo and Craig Marino.

The FBI had an undercover agent deep inside that worked with Genovese guys and Joey Merlino. They also had a cooperator wired up the whole time. How many more will flip is still to be seen. The majority of those arrested face up to 20 years, but this indictment seems to be missing the normal murders and other violence. They are charged with assaulting a homeless man who was bothering patrons of a restaurant on Arthur Ave. They did threaten to choke a guy out, but it does not read as bad as the others I have read. I bet everyone pleads out for a lot less time.

One guy arrested is Ralph Balsamo, a Genovese guy. Why he does not just run his family's funeral homes I have no idea. I bet Balsamo has some more problems that are going to come up soon. Stay tuned.

What are you babbling about? Where have I ever said Merlino wasn't boss?



He made bail because two marks, just like you, paid his bail for him. Just like some rich eccentric with more money than common sense funds his extravagant lifestyle.

The Joey Merlino poster in your basement probably has more bodily fluids on it than a teenage girl who hangs around with R. Kelly.

This one had many regular people involved and a few guys that would be made if they were Italian on fathers side one of the guys was a landfill and recycling guy tossed out of jersey he is a money man and has family in the the Luke's .

Speaking of that guy, serp, I wonder if this case from Florida had anything to do with why he wasn't arrested immediately for what happened with him in Palmyra, NJ?

@ vegasMikey



I never really got the hate on the video poker machines either.. I was going to make a thread asking what was better, some gambling machines or a gambling package? Video poker took in 913 million in the state last year, people called it small time stuff in Illinois too lol

Your not a mark if your rich and wont put up your brother i laws bail. What do you think the guys wife joeys sister would say. He be sleeping on couch forever. And his wife put up shit. Guy is a baller. I said it way back of course those cars are rented. Couple grand a month he got the money. Not like dumb scarfo jr buying mansions and yachts in his wifes name.

yep it is defintley a lot of revenue from them. Its just so annoying to me when i am trying to actually browse threads and read about stuff that interests me, and then i gotta see people like Moe constantly saying they dont habe anything going on in Philly. Saying the family is almost defunct. Calling it a couple guys making book. Swearing nicodemo will snitch. Low and behold here we are and none of that is true. What a suprise though from the guy who makes threads about Gigante being gay.

right. Were supposed to believe someone is a mark for bailing out thier brother in law. Its hard for some people to wrap thier head around the fact that not everyone is law and order every time and rooting for the G men. Whoever helped bail him has probably also benifited at one time or another from associating with Merlino too

What are you babbling about? Where have I ever said Merlino wasn't boss?



He made bail because two marks, just like you, paid his bail for him. Just like some rich eccentric with more money than common sense funds his extravagant lifestyle.

The Joey Merlino poster in your basement probably has more bodily fluids on it than a teenage girl who hangs around with R. Kelly.

yep it is defintley a lot of revenue from them. Its just so annoying to me when i am trying to actually browse threads and read about stuff that interests me, and then i gotta see people like Moe constantly saying they dont habe anything going on in Philly. Saying the family is almost defunct. Calling it a couple guys making book. Swearing nicodemo will snitch. Low and behold here we are and none of that is true. What a suprise though from the guy who makes threads about Gigante being gay.

I agree ivy that is true. Moe the stuff you post is so insane i cant do it anymore. Good talk

lol I agree, I'm gonna try harder to ignore his posts. Its tough though because he is always on here and popping up in every good thread so he is hard to avoid, unfortunately.

You are on at least three mob forums already. It can't be that hard to stop posting on one of them - if you had any semblance of a life.

I personally find fanboys like you who identify with Joey Merlino because you are Italian seven times removed pretty insufferable too!

And I find it pretty ironic that the fanboys think Merlino & Parrello's compound cream scam is genius when Nigerians, Indians and gypsies bring in similar cash with similar scams e.g. viagra pill scams, staged car crashes etc.

But I can't see them jacking off to that somehow.

Educated guess here I say Skinny stays at the top as a Lightning rod and Stevie steps up to acting Lance or uncle Joe consigliere and Gerogie just starts problems.

Curious to who you're referring to that was in "Palmyra"? Only bc I missed that story and I know the area...any O.C news involving Palmyra got my attention. Thanks

Serpentes..when you say Georgie 'just starts problems', what exactly do you mean by that, I'm curious

Biggie : No doubt even when he was 16 and looking like the red headed stepchild and all the other guys were dark hair dark eyes he was excepted and that was the vibe I got down here don't know about Philly and he was not shy.

Georgie was down here and around Scarf more then uncle Joe I did not see Joe till he was bar tending for Vince S well after his name was thrown around .

Dante : When you are money hungry you slip more then others greed will get you every time .

I think Georgie and skinny did the most hits of the crew, that's why they have always been at the top of that crew. That is the only way for others to respect and fear you in that life.

It was Stanfa's kid he tried to kill on the Schuylkill.

John Stanfa was in the car too.

I'm pretty sure Joey and George participated in the Jimmy Brooms Diaddorio murder in '92 (with Angelina, Vincent Iannece, and Mazzone) and I'm pretty sure Merlino, Mike Chang, and Tommy Scafidi were in on Louie Irish DeLuca in '91 or '92... Pretty sure Felix Bocchino was Mazzone's first hit if I remember correctly and I'm sure George and Joey played a role in that hit somehow since Mazzone was Joey's guy. Billy Veasey was Johnny Chang and Borgesi and Lance. Not sure who did Gino Marconi in '99 but Merlino was in jail at that point.

This is sort of an unrelated question, but does anyone know anything about the Mikey Ice Brennan hit in '94? He was last seen getting into a bar fight with Vincent Iannece in South Philly and then was later found dead in Camden, NJ. I think he was a low-level Merlino Associate.

I'm pretty sure Joey and George participated in the Jimmy Brooms Diaddorio murder in '92 (with Angelina, Vincent Iannece, and Mazzone) and I'm pretty sure Merlino, Mike Chang, and Tommy Scafidi were in on Louie Irish DeLuca in '91 or '92... Pretty sure Felix Bocchino was Mazzone's first hit if I remember correctly and I'm sure George and Joey played a role in that hit somehow since Mazzone was Joey's guy. Billy Veasey was Johnny Chang and Borgesi and Lance. Not sure who did Gino Marconi in '99 but Merlino was in jail at that point.

This is sort of an unrelated question, but does anyone know anything about the Mikey Ice Brennan hit in '94? He was last seen getting into a bar fight with Vincent Iannece in South Philly and then was later found dead in Camden, NJ. I think he was a low-level Merlino Associate.

Yeah with that big headed Irish driver.

Aldrich is an English surname you mong!

So as far we know, Joey never killed anyone himself?

The two hits in which he was suspected to pull the trigger (Scarfo Jr. and Stanfas kid)

To his credit I dont know how the fuck Scarfo Jr. didnt die with that many shots at that range with a fucking machine pistol

True that ... What amazes me is he never broke the rules and went after Skinny .

Yeh Scarfo Sr being the homicidal maniac/vengeful individual that he is most definitely egged his son on to get even....

Serp I don't understand what u mean "breaking the rules and going after skinny". Nicky Jr doesn't have the balls to do the job though, he not only wasn't a hitter but he doesn't have the guys or stomach for it ..................

I don't know about him not being able or having the balls or the stomach don't be fooled by how things went down .
He is his father son and was with him every minute that he could he was the only one including Phil that was actually comfortable and enjoyed being in his person .

Now if Nick Sr. was not put down then things would have been different and Jr. Was not made yet .
Then he was a Luke so now you are bring a NY family into this .
It was crushed cos of the timing and circumstances in the N y families also .

That don't mean Sr. Did not try to make moves but Jr. hands were tied.



DONT KNOW HOW I DID THAT !!!!

Nicky Jr doesn't have the balls to do the job though, he not only wasn't a hitter but he doesn't have the guys or stomach for it

Posts like this are hysterical.

Nicky Jnr doesn't have balls, guts etc.
He only did 5 years in the 90's, 5 more in the 00's and is now doing THIRTY YEARS but he's got no balls?

Ridiculous.

PUT YOURSELF IN HIS SHOES, THEN ASK YOURSELF, HOW WOULD I RESPOND TO THAT,REALLY FOR REAL.......

I have noticed that a lot of big threads turn into random arguments. Maybe I'm just new to the forum and that's a common thing.

Posts like this are hysterical.

Nicky Jnr doesn't have balls, guts etc.
He only did 5 years in the 90's, 5 more in the 00's and is now doing THIRTY YEARS but he's got no balls?

Ridiculous.

If you guys ever read George Fresolones "Blood Oath" book, he says towards the end that he was the one who was tasked by Nicky Sr. & Tony Piccolo to kill Merlino after he was released from jail. Of course Fresolone was wired and cooperating then, but he was put in charge of the Patty Specs crew, by the man himself, Specs supposedly was going to knock down Scoops Licata, and place Fresolone as his acting captain. History showed that Fresolone was placed in witsec and his operation was ended shortly after his induction ceremony. But had he not been wired and a rat the whole time, Joey Merlino was going to get what was coming to him for the Nicky Jr attempt. Fate just so happened to work out in Merlino's favor.

Posts like this are hysterical.

Nicky Jnr doesn't have balls, guts etc.
He only did 5 years in the 90's, 5 more in the 00's and is now doing THIRTY YEARS but he's got no balls?

Ridiculous.