Daniel Marino

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Daniel Marino
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Marino in the 1980's
Born (1940-10-07) October 7, 1940 (age 83)
Other names"Danny"
Occupation Mobster
Allegiance Gambino crime family
Conviction(s) Racketeering and conspiracy to commit murder (1994)
Racketeering, conspiracy, murder, sex trafficking, sex trafficking of a minor, jury tampering, extortion, assault, drug trafficking, wire fraud, loan sharking, illegal gambling (2011)
Criminal penaltySeven years' imprisonment (1994)
Five years' imprisonment (2011)

Daniel Marino (born October 7, 1940) [1] is an Italian American mobster and member of the Gambino crime family. He was identified as a member of the family's leadership panel, alongside John Gambino and Bartolomeo Vernace, in 2009. [2]

On June 23, 1963, Marino pleaded not guilty to assault. He and several cousins were charged with assaulting an FBI agent outside a Catholic church in Brooklyn. A requiem mass was being conducted at that time for Carmine Lombardozzi, a crime family figure and Marino's uncle. [3]

On April 20, 1993, Marino was indicted with others on conspiracy to murder charges. The victim was Thomas Spinelli, who had been planning to testify before a grand jury on Cosa Nostra control of the private trash hauling industry in New York City. [4]

In 1995, Anthony Casso, a Lucchese underboss who turned state's evidence, identified Marino as a co-conspirator in a failed assassination attempt on Gambino boss John Gotti. [5]

In 2010, Marino pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge for approving the murder of informant Frank Hydell (Marino's nephew on his wife's side). [6] [7] The Gambino family suspected that Hydell had become a government informant and requested permission from Marino, then in prison, to kill Hydell. [8] Marino was sentenced to five years' imprisonment in 2011. [9] He was released from prison on August 27, 2014.

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