Another interesting thing to note is that during the mid 1980's, when Accardo was still the top boss of the Outfit with Aiuppa in jail and Carlisi as the acting boss, the Outfit was still financing dope deals. According to court and FBI investigations at the time, Joey Bonavolante was a member of the Melrose Park crew who in turn was an alleged “lieutenant” under Tony Zizzo, while this guys was a lieutenant for Marcello and Carlisi. So Bonavolante’s main role was financing the cocaine purchases with Outfit money, in return for a share of the resale profits, and this crew was led by his brother Frank and another associate known as Victor Plescia, who in turn were the two main individuals who distributed their product mainly around the Cicero, Berwyn, Bridgeview and Riverside areas. Plescia, according to the feds, oversaw the wholesale and retail drug operation which was mainly the distribution of cocaine and even though he headed the conspiracy, his main couriers were Nick Rizzato and Tony Grossi, who in turn traveled many times to Miami, from where they purchased dozens of kilos of the product. According to one report, Plescia acquired his product from a Colombian source which was connected not the the MP crew but instead to the Grand Av group. As I previously said, this was Cosa Nostra meaning no matter what is happening down there, something must come up or else lol

In October, 1989, when the feds finally had established the roles and identities of the individuals involved in the conspiracy and had sufficient evidence against them, all of the suspects were arrested, indicted, tried and convicted, including Vic Plescia, Nick Rizzato, Lee Lizzio, Kevin Geiger, Frank Bonavolante, Camillio Grossi, Anthony Grossi, Norman Demma and many others.