The "Mob" is still active today, and though people think it is entertaining, theere are some very real criminals involved with these organizations. Read the article to find out more about the history of this particular family.
NEW YORK -- Stars of the television show "Mob Wives" experienced a harsh dose of off-screen reality Monday when cast member Renee Graziano's father was sentenced to one and a half years in prison after his ex son-in-law wore a wire for FBI agents investigating the Bonanno mobster.
NEW YORK -- Stars of the television show "Mob Wives" experienced a harsh dose of off-screen reality Monday when cast member Renee Graziano's father was sentenced to one and a half years in prison after his ex son-in-law wore a wire for FBI agents investigating the Bonanno mobster.
"I'm sorry for causing all this grief," Anthony
Graziano, 71, said through his attorney in court. "To my grandchildren --
I'm going to leave you again."
Hector Pagan Jr. secretly taped Graziano along with five other
members and associates of the Bonanno crime family last year. Four men,
including Graziano, were sentenced to four and a half years collectively after
the recordings revealed they had attempted to collect a $150,000 illegal
gambling debt and alluded to being involved in a robbery in a social club
controlled by the family.
Pagan was often featured on "Mob Wives" -- a show
produced by one of Graziano's daughters, Jennifer Graziano.
"These are very serious crimes," said Chief U.S.
District Judge Carol Bagley Amon as she laid down Graziano's sentence. "He
was part of a conspiracy to engage in the affairs of that enterprise," she
added, referring to the Bonanno syndicate, one of New York's five notorious
crime families.
Amon gave Graziano the minimum suggested sentence but chastised
his continued association with the organized crime family, ordering him to cut
off all contact with them -- something he has failed to do in the past.
In 2003, Graziano was sentenced to 20 years in Florida and New
York for murder, fraud and racketeering, among other charges. He was released
from prison for health reasons.
"He continued to engage in some type of criminal conduct," Amon told
the packed courtroom as Graziano leaned in front of her on a cane.
Graziano begged Amon to be taken out of the Metropolitan
Detention Center in Brooklyn, where he already served 8 months, because of his
worsening diabetes and eyesight.
"Can I get out of there fast?" Graziano said.
"They're killing me there!"
Amon did not recommend Graziano serve time in a medical
facility, but she said his health was a factor in the sentence.
Three other men associated with the Bonanno family were also
sentenced to 6 months, one year and one and a half years for their role in
attempting to collect the debt and alluding to the robbery.
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