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category: "Private Organization"
summary: "The Bufalino Crime Family is a La Cosa Nostra crime family that was reportedly involved in the alleged organized crime penetration of Music Corporation of America."
title: Bufalino Crime Family
aliases:
- Bufalino Crime Family
- Bufalino family
created: 2026-05-17
updated: 2026-05-17
category: "Organized Crime"
tags:
- Organization
- OrganizedCrime
- LaCosaNostra
- Pennsylvania
- MCA
summary: "The Bufalino Crime Family is a La Cosa Nostra crime family based in northeastern Pennsylvania that was reportedly connected to the alleged organized crime penetration of Music Corporation of America, surfacing in FBI wiretaps related to that investigation."
location: "Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania"
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The [[Bufalino Crime Family]] is a [[La Cosa Nostra]] crime family that was reportedly involved in the alleged organized crime penetration of [[Music Corporation of America|MCA]]. Members of the Bufalino family were specifically related to the [[Music Corporation of America|MCA]] investigation, with many reportedly picked up in [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] wiretaps.[1]
The Bufalino Crime Family is a [[La Cosa Nostra]] organization based in the northeastern Pennsylvania cities of Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. The family was founded and led for decades by [[Russell Bufalino]] (born 1903, died 1994), who was regarded by law enforcement as one of the most powerful Mafia bosses in the northeastern United States.
[[Marvin Rudnick]], [[Thomas Gates]], and [[Richard Stavin]] all believed [[Music Corporation of America|MCA]] had been penetrated by organized crime, based on these wiretaps.[1]
### MCA Investigation
Members of the Bufalino family were reportedly connected to the alleged organized crime penetration of [[Music Corporation of America|MCA]], the entertainment conglomerate, surfacing in [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] wiretaps related to that investigation. Investigators [[Marvin Rudnick]], [[Thomas Gates]], and [[Richard Stavin]] all concluded that MCA had been penetrated by organized crime based in part on these wiretap intercepts involving Bufalino family members.[^1]
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### Footnotes
[1] Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.
[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal.* TrineDay, 2010.