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February 6, 2025

This Week In Gang Land

He's A Mob Associate, But Not A Bookmaker; He Got Probation For Illegal Gambling

Gang Land Exclusive!Mark FeuerEver since he sold Carmelo (Carmine Pizza) Polito a car 25 years ago, Mark Feuer's been a friend of the Genovese wiseguy. But Feuer insists that's all he is — just a friend — not a mob associate. He also insists he's not a bookmaker like the feds say. And he argued last week that he didn't deserve jail time for illegal gambling because he was mostly a losing bettor who only helped a friend get an account with his bookie.

Feuer prevailed over the more serious allegation by the feds, since it meant potential jail time: that he was a bookie. As a result, he received probation for assisting Polito's gambling business by setting up accounts for another gambler (who like Feuer, lost most of the time, and usually gave his losses to Feuer who then turned them over to Carmine Pizza.)

But Feuer lost his motion to not be classified a mob associate.  He had told the court that Polito was the only reputed mobster he ever spoke to. His lawyer, Gary Farrell, pointed out that Feuer and Polito had mutual interests, things like "quality dining, poker and sports." Not only that, he insisted that Feuer had never met the duo's three codefendants until the day of their arrest three years ago.

Feds: Bazoo Threatened A Buck Naked Witness; Worse, He Dated Junior Gotti's Sister-In-Law

John RaganoFederal probation officials in Brooklyn say that Bonanno soldier John (Bazoo) Ragano should face up to six and a half more years in prison for his Naked City Loansharking conviction for a bunch of reasons, including the fact that he once dated the sister-in-law of former acting Gambino boss John (Junior) Gotti, Gang Land has learned.

U.S. Marshals Service Set To Receive Millions Of Dollars From New Wave Wiseguy

Anthony VillaniIn about two months, the U.S. Marshals Service, the oldest federal law enforcement agency, is expecting a windfall: Anthony Villani, a 60-year-old new wave Luchese mobster, is due to fork over $2.8 million to the agency as part of the sentence for his racketeering conviction.

 

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