- Alan Longo
Alan "Baldie" Longo (born
April 2 ,1950 ) is aBrooklyn mobster andcaporegime in the New YorkGenovese crime family who became heavily involved instock fraud schemes.Longo ran his Brooklyn crew out of a social club in the Carroll Gardens section of Brooklyn. During the 1990s, Longo, his mob superior
Alphonse Malangone , andDeCavalcante crime family captainPhilip Abramo organized lucrative stock scams onWall Street , earning the men and their crime families millions of dollars. Longo and Abramo were involved in manipulating theInitial Public Offering (IPO) of Mayfair stock. Investigators alleged that Longo and Abramo came to dominate and control Bahamian companies involved in financing such IPO's and similar transactions.On April 25, 2001, Longo and
Colombo crime family acting boss Alphonse "Allie Boy" Persico, were indicted onracketeering charges, including charges of pump-and-dump scams andloansharking . Prosecutors gathered much of their evidence through the undercover work of mob informant Michael D'Urso. D'Urso wore a wire during a four-hour sitdown meeting with Longo at a cafe concerning Longo's influence at theFulton Fish Market . Longo also indicated that he planned on meeting with Persico upon his release from prison regarding money owed to the Genovese family by the Colombos for crimes committed at the Market.Longo was convicted and sentenced to 11 years in federal prison. As of June 2008, Longo is incarcerated at Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Williamsburg in
Salters, South Carolina . His projected release date is November 24, 2010.External links
* [http://laborers.org/nyt_Mob_4-26-01.htm New York Times: A Mafia Informer Helps Investigators Charge 45 Suspects] by Alan Feuer
* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10B1EFE3A580C728FDDAC0894D9404482&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fO%2fOrganized%20Crime New York Times: 12-Year Term in Largest Securities Fraud]
* [http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/LocateInmate.jsp Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator Website]
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