Originally Posted by ColonelReb
Originally Posted by chin_gigante
Originally Posted by Malavita
When they use "Person #", does it mean it is an informant ?

Do we know who were the people inducted in that 2015 ceremony ? Reading the indiectment, it seems that Daniel Castelli and Kenneth Arabia were made but i am not sure.





Person #1 is a NJ loan shark who was being shaken down, Persons #2 and #3 ran a NJ/ Philly bookmaking operation and were also being shaken down, Person #4 was involved with Victor DeLuca in shaking down a loan shark customer known as S.P., and Person #5 is Anthony Persiano.

Castelli and Arabia are associates. Sonny Mazzone was inducted at the 2015 ceremony, the others are unknown. Anthony Persiano was inducted in the late-2000s by Nicky Scarfo Jr when the Scarfos were planning on taking over the family. It's unclear how he and Sam Piccolo went from the Scarfos to the other Philly guys (Persiano, Sam Piccolo, Salvatore Pelullo and another individual were made by Scarfo Jr). It looks like Persiano was at that 2015 ceremony. It's possible he was re-inducted there or it's possible he was just present for it like Grande and Steve Mazzone.

What do you mean inducted by Nicky Scarfo Jr?


Around the time of the First Plus scam, Scarfo Jr and an 'old-timer' held a ceremony (with Scarfo Sr's blessing) to induct the above guys I mentioned who were around Scarfo Jr. This was when the Scarfos were trying to take over Philadelphia again. Scarfo Jr approached Joey Grande when he got out and offered to make him a captain under Scarfo Sr (the idea being they wanted to re-establish a Philly family under Scarfo). Grande however went with Ligambi and Merlino. The Scarfos even approached Joey Ciancaglini Jr to see if they could recruit him for their plan.

Scarfo Jr had been demoted by this point as Luchese captain in NJ and replaced with Ralph Perna. This situation was part of the reason behind the 2010 meeting between Ligambi and the Gambinos.