- Anthony Rabito
Anthony Rabito a.k.a. ""Mr. Fish" and ""Fat Tony" (born
Williamsburgh, Brooklyn c.a. 1934) is anItalian-American Bonnano crime family mobster and reputed acting boss orconsigliere of the Bonanno family.Biography
Rabito is a
Korean War veteran who served two years with theartillery . His history with organized crime started in 1974. Rabito was amade man , or full member, of the Bonanno family undercaporegime Dominick Napolitano from 1979 to 1982. As he has grown older, Anthony has suffered fromhigh blood pressure ,diabetes , and back ailments. In 1982 Anthony was convicted ofdrug trafficking . Rabito was involved in aprescription drug ring that sold large quantities of thepainkiller drugVicodin to street level users. Rabito was sentenced to six years, in charges stemming from theDonnie Brasco investigation.In 2005 Anthony was indicted for a
illegal gambling andloansharking enterprise stretching fromBrooklyn toQueens, New York ,Manhattan, New York andStaten Island which earned $210,000 a week from January 2003 to July 2004. If convicted he will be sentenced to twenty-five years in prison. In February 2007, Rabito was indicted again under a supersedingindictment forracketeering and racketeering conspiracy. Rabito was convicted on the racketeering change and, on September 16, 2008, was sentenced to 33 months in prison. As of October 2008, Rabito is in custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.References
*Pistone, Joseph D. and Woodley, Richard, "Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia" Random House 1990 ISBN 5552531299
*"Gambling Probe Nets Mob's Aged 'Mr. Fish' and Mature Associates" The Washington Post June 19, 2005 by Michael Powell
*"Senior Mobsters Busted In $15M Betting Ring" The Queens Tribune June 23, 2007 by Elizabeth GoffExternal links
* [http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/LocateInmate.jsp Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator Website]
* [http://newyork.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel07/organizedcrime020607.htm Department of Justice Press Release BONANNO FAMILY ACTING UNDERBOSS, ACTING CONSIGLIERE AND 17 CAPOS, SOLDIERS, AND ASSOCIATES INDICTED FOR RACKETEERING,RACKETEERING CONSPIRACY, AND OTHER CHARGES]
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