This Week In Gang Land
Bet On It: Case Of The Crooked Gambling Ring Will Feature A Mob Turncoat
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veteran mob associate with a history of running illegal but honest card
games will be a key prosecution witness at the upcoming trial of three
wiseguys charged with running rigged card games as part of a five-year wire
fraud scheme that fleeced high rolling gamblers out of more than $14
million, Gang Land has learned.
Sources say he is Seth Trustman, a 44-year-old ex-con with two convictions for gambling and loansharking activity with the Luchese crime family. He agreed to cooperate in the FBI's "rigged games" investigation two years ago when arrested on charges unrelated to the 31-defendant wire fraud case.
The sources say Trustman will take the stand against the three remaining mobsters in the blockbuster case — Bonanno consigliere Ernest Aiello, Genovese soldier Matthew (The Wrestler) Daddino and Gambino soldier Lee Fama — and five other defendants, including former NBA All-Star point guard Chauncey (Mr. Big Shot) Billups
A Rehabilitated Benny The Blade Seeks An Early Release From Prison
For
years he claimed that prosecutors framed him and his defense lawyers screwed
him, but Battista (Benny the Blade) Geritano now admits his convictions were
honest and true and insists he's reformed, rehabilitated and ready to return
back home.
Like Skinny Teddy, Ronnie G Goes From Halfway House to MDC
For more than a year, Bonanno soldier Ronald (Ronnie G) Giallanzo enjoyed an
early release to a halfway house while a judge ignored his requests for
relief from a 14-year prison term five years longer than the one he agreed
to take when copping a plea deal to racketeering
