The No. 2 man in the Gambino crime family was sentenced yesterday to 11 years and three months in prison on racketeering charges that included the shakedown of a Connecticut restaurant owner.
Anthony (The Genius) Megale pleaded guilty in April to extorting the owner of Valbella, an Italian eatery in Greenwich that attracts a celebrity clientele, as well as a New Jersey trucking company and a Westchester County construction firm.
Prosecutors say Megale served as acting underboss from 2002 to 2004.
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The Genius?? Insert your own jokes here, folks; I've got nothing further to say.
Signor V.
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