During his era, he became widely known for his outspoken personality and flamboyant style, which gained him favor with some of the general public. As this fear continued to grow, and amidst growing dissent over the leadership of the crime family, Gotti organized the murder of Castellano.Īt his peak, Gotti was one of the most powerful and dangerous crime bosses in the United States. Following the FBI's indictment of members of Gotti's crew for selling narcotics, Gotti began to fear that he and his brother would be killed by Castellano for dealing drugs. Gotti quickly became one of the crime family's biggest earners and a protégé of Aniello Dellacroce, the Gambino family underboss, operating out of the neighborhood of Ozone Park in Queens.
Gotti and his brothers grew up in poverty and turned to a life of crime at an early age. He ordered and helped to orchestrate the murder of Gambino boss Paul Castellano in December 1985 and took over the family shortly thereafter, becoming boss of what was described as America's most powerful crime syndicate.
( / ˈ ɡ ɒ t i/, Italian: Octo– June 10, 2002) was an American gangster and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole and fined $250,000 Murder, conspiracy, conspiracy to commit murder, loansharking, racketeering, obstruction of justice, illegal gambling, tax evasion (1992)įour years' imprisonment served two years
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