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| A. Mosco 1970s |
Anthony Mosco is a Member of the Bufalino Family.
Born June 12, 1942 in Endicott, NY to Vito Mosco (40y) and Nancy Piccarreto (36y).
Both parents were born in the comune of Corato in Bari, Apulia.
At the time the family resided at 323 Murphy Ave, Endicott, NY.
First arrested at age 16 on January 12, 1959 for speeding and driving without a license.
By the mid-1960 he was associated with Bufalino Family Member Anthony 'Guv' Guarnieri (1911-1990).
In May of 1976 Guarnieri, Mosco and Family Associate Joseph Maruca and others indicted on extortion charges. The indictment charges that they allegedly conspired to assault a Teamster steward at a construction site. The Teamster steward had tried to remove Mosco from a construction site, but he testified that the assault had nothing to to with either Guarnieri or Mosco. They were acquitted of the charges.
By 1980 Mosco was an inducted member of the Bufalino Family reporting to Capodecina Guarnieri.
In 1979 Guarnieri moved to Florida leaving Mosco and Anthony Santacroce, Jr as the only inducted Bufalino Family Members living in Endicott.
By 1980 resided at 702 North Rogers Avenue in Endicott.
In 1980 identified as a Member of the Bufalino Family by the Pennsylvania Crime Commission.
A. Guarnieri 1980s.
In 1982 Joseph Maruca was shot five times in Agawam, MA. Philadelphia Underboss and FBI CW Philip Leonetti testified that Genovese Family Member Adolfo Bruno confessed to the attempted murder of Maruca.
Maruca himself turned CW in 1991 and claimed that he was targeted because he refused to turn over profits to members of the Bufalino Family. Bruno and the Genovese Family did the shooting as a favour to the Bufalino family, Maruca claimed.
In 1986, Mosco used his organized crime affiliation to obtain the position of business agent with Local 693 of the Teamsters Union.
According to the Pennsylvania Crime Commission Mosco used position with the local, as well as the reputation of the Bufalino Family, to extort construction workers and employers working on interstate construction projects in the Binghamton, NY, area.
In October 1989 Anthony Guarnieri and Anthony Mosco were indicted and charged with labor racketeering, conspiracy, and RICO offenses. Charged also were various labor union officials.
In 1990 identified as a Member of the Bufalino Family by the Pennsylvania Crime Commission.
On April 20, 1990, Mosco and Guarnieri were convicted of various RICO and labor racketeering charges.
On August 12, 1990, Guarnieri was sentenced to 30 years in prison and Mosco was sentenced to 17 years in prison.
Mosco was released from prison on July 18, 2005.
