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Private Organization | The Gambino Crime Family is a prominent La Cosa Nostra crime family that was reportedly involved in the alleged organized crime penetration of Music Corporation of America. | 1931 | New York City, USA |
The Gambino Crime Family is a prominent La Cosa Nostra crime family that was reportedly involved in the alleged organized crime penetration of Music Corporation of America. Members of the Gambino family were specifically related to the Music Corporation of America investigation, with many reportedly picked up in Federal Bureau of Investigation wiretaps.[1]
Marvin Rudnick, Thomas Gates, and Richard Stavin all believed Music Corporation of America had been penetrated by organized crime, based on these wiretaps. The wiretaps also indicated that Eugene Giaquinto, then president of Music Corporation of America home entertainment division, enjoyed a special relationship with John Gotti, a well-known figure associated with the Gambino Crime Family.[1]
Bill Hamilton, president of INSLAW, believed that the Wackenhut Corporation-Cabazon Indian Reservation Joint Venture was connected to government-sanctioned drug trafficking and money laundering by organized crime groups like the Gambino Family, with Michael Riconosciuto's role being to help these groups utilize the NSA's bank surveillance version of PROMIS to launder drug proceeds.[1]
Footnotes
[1] Seymour, Cheri. The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.