While re-reading Fish Cafaro's testimony, I cam across Halloran's name. Apparently, he was the mob's front man in concrete in NYC. According to google, he disappeared in 1998. Any info on why he was made to disappear? Thanks.

Because his nickname was biff.

If I remember correctly Salerno was worried he would spill the beans.

Thanks, but Salerno died in 1992 and Biff disappeared in 1998, almost ten years after they were all convicted.

Wasn't he close to big Paul to? Wasn't he the guy who talked to much to a FBI guy .

Biff used to own the Halloran House Hotel on Lexington Avenue. He had a bar downstairs named after him, Biff's Lounge. He liked to party hard and love the ladies. Used to live in Pelham Manor and drove around in a Rolls. He just disappeared one day and was never heard of again.

with michele

That was his second wife. Carol was the first Bronx

So was he loaded with mega bucks. I mean he owned a hotel in NYC this sounds like a dateline mystery. Or did he go into witsec.

If that were the case there would be a record of him testifying somewhere against someone.

his first wife i did not know , michele i did..that is who he went missing with if i remember right

bean did you go up to friar?

Halloran was a Genovese associate who had
Transit-Mix Concrete Corp. and Certified Concrete Co. Through those two companies the family was able to monopolize the supply of concrete to the city. I don't think it was ever shown how or why he disappeared in 1998, despite the obvious mob connections.

He either went on the lam or was killed...he didn't take his wife with him...

COURT COP PLEADS GUILTY IN $2M STOCK SWINDLE
By Laura Italiano November 30, 1999 | 5:00am
A Manhattan court officer admitted yesterday to collaborating with a reputed Mafia “concrete king” and snookering fellow officers into investing in a bankrupt Florida recycling plant.

With his guilty plea, former Sgt. Richard Furman — who spent 20 years guarding crooks and suspects as they were processed through Manhattan Supreme Court — officially joined ranks with his former charges, facing up to a year in jail when sentenced Jan. 21.

Furman, 58, of Queens, admitted helping to rook hundreds of gullible “investors” across the country of more than $2 million. Furman made only $50,000 in the scheme, prosecutors said.

The victims bought stock in the Florida-based Inorganic Recycling Corp., and had been told to expect an immediate windfall of three to 12 times their initial investment.

Instead, the company went bust.

Among Furman’s victims were 50 fellow court employees — who lost a total of $400,000. One court officer alone lost $60,000, Manhattan prosecutors said.

They will get money back through restitution payments made by other defendants in the scheme.

Furman met the scheme’s alleged mastermind, fugitive Genovese family mobster Edward “Biff” Halloran, back in 1986, prosecutors said. At the time, Furman was actually guarding Halloran, who was convicted in a $9.2-billion check-kiting scheme.

Halloran, whose last known address was in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has also been accused of working with mobsters to fix concrete prices on Manhattan construction projects.

Halloran allegedly hatched the investment scheme with his wife, Michele Caridi, 37, who has already pleaded guilty and is awaiting sentencing.

Never made it to the Catskills Bronx. Did you?

many times Bean, the friar was a great place to stay in the 70's early 80s.. so the story that was posted says biff is where and michele is where? i heard they both were missing..until now..any help on this anyone out there

The Friar Tuck Inn.... good times... a friend had a house nearby and his friend's family owned it.. close enough to Hunter Mountain bars etc. . But not too close.

Bronx, the only word I heard is that he alone went missing. He supposedly drove down to Florida and never made it. His wife, Michele, didn't accompany him.

I have heard he went on the lam, Witness Protection, killed, suicide, fell into a rvine, you name it I heard it. He's like the D.B. Cooper of the Mob. LOL

New Yorks finest.

LOL ..that is good news about michele.. i think if he was alive.he would have surfaced by now..