Primo Cassarino

Primo Cassarino

Primo Cassarino (born April 26, 1956) is a New York mobster who became an enforcer for Gambino crime family, and extorted money from actor Steven Seagal.

Born in 1956 to first generation immigrants from Siracusa, Italy, Cassarino became a made man, or full member, in the Gambino family. After a short while, Cassarino was in captain Anthony "Sonny" Ciccone's crew, becomming leading "bagman" and extortionist on the Staten Island, New York waterfront.

In 2002, Cassarino, Gambino boss Peter Gotti, Ciccone, and Richard V. Gotti were convicted of labor racketeering, extortion, and extorting Seagal, as well as 63 other counts of R.I.C.O. [http://www.crimelibrary.com/criminal_mind/scams/steven_seagal/index.html] . Cassarino received an 11 12-year prison sentence. Primo Cassarino is also cousins with recently indicted family member Mario Cassarino, who was recently indicted with whats left of the higher-ups of the Gambino Crime Family.


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