John Joseph Gotti Jr. was an American mafioso and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. He ordered and helped to orchestrate the murder of Gambino boss Paul Castellano in December 1985 and took over the family shortly thereafter,leading what was described as America's most powerful crime syndicate.
Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano is an American former mobster who rose to the position of underboss in the Gambino crime family. As the underboss,Gravano played a major role in prosecuting John Gotti,the crime family's boss,by agreeing to testify as a government witness against him and other mobsters in a deal in which he confessed to involvement in 19 murders.
The Gambino crime family is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City,within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the American Mafia. The group,which went through five bosses between 1910 and 1957,is named after Carlo Gambino,boss of the family at the time of the McClellan hearings in 1963,when the structure of organized crime first gained public attention. The group's operations extend from New York and the eastern seaboard to California. Its illicit activities include labor and construction racketeering,gambling,loansharking,extortion,money laundering,prostitution,fraud,hijacking,and fencing.
Stephen Caracappa and Louis Eppolito were former New York City Police Department (NYPD) detectives who committed various illegal activities on behalf of the Five Families of the American Mafia,principally the Lucchese and Gambino crime families. The two subsequently became known as the "Mafia Cops".
Eugene Gotti is an American mobster and the former captain of the Gambino crime family of New York City. He was sentenced to 50 years in prison in 1989 for racketeering and drug trafficking charges;he was released in 2018.
Peter Arthur Gotti was an American mobster who served as boss of the Gambino crime family of New York following the imprisonment of his younger brother John Gotti.
Nicholas "Little Nick" Corozzo is an American mobster who is a captain in the Gambino crime family of New York City.
Frank "Frankie Loc" LoCascio was an American mobster who rose to become consigliere of the Gambino crime family under the administration of John Gotti.
John "Jackie" D'Amico was an American mobster and caporegime in New York City who served as street boss of the Gambino crime family from 2005 to 2011. "Street boss" had been the family's number one position ever since official Boss Peter Gotti started serving a life sentence in prison.
Domenico Cefalù is an Italian-American mobster and is currently the boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City,since July 2011.
Philip Abramo,also known as "The King of Wall Street" and "Lou Metzer",is a caporegime in the New Jersey DeCavalcante crime family who was allegedly involved in security fraud and murder. He is the capo of the DeCavalcante family's crew in Miami,Florida,United States.
Joseph Armone,also known as "Joe Piney" and "Shorty",was an American mobster in the Gambino crime family of New York City who served as underboss between 1986 and 1990,and consigliere from 1990 until his death in 1992.
John "Johnny Carnegs" Carneglia is an American mobster in the Gambino crime family. He was sentenced to 50 years in prison in 1989 for racketeering and drug trafficking charges.
James "Jimmy Brown" Failla was an American mobster who was a high ranking caporegime with the Gambino crime family and a major power in the garbage-hauling industry in New York City. Failla's crew was based in Brooklyn,with operations stretching into Staten Island,Manhattan,and New Jersey.
Leonard "Lenny" DiMaria,also known as "Prateek" and "the Conductor",is a New York mobster and Caporegime in the Gambino crime family. He is considered by law enforcement to be a close associate of Nicholas Corozzo and has served as his right-hand-man for almost 30 years.
John Gleeson is an American attorney who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He is a member of the United States Sentencing Commission.
Richard Conway Casey was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Casey gained national prominence for his unusual personal circumstances —during his years on the bench,he was completely blind —and for his aggressive questioning during a 2004 trial considering the constitutionality of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003. He died on March 22,2007.
Charles Proctor Sifton was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York from 1977 to 2009 and its Chief Judge from 1995 to 2000.
Giovanni "John" Gambino was an Italian-born American mobster. Born in Palermo,Sicily,he became a made member of the Gambino crime family in 1975 and a capodecina or captain,and head of the crime family's Sicilian faction,appointed by family boss John Gotti in 1986,according to Mafia turncoat Sammy Gravano.
