I will be a blue Christmas behind bars for two mobbed up former longshoreman who pleaded guilty to their roles in a Christmastime shakedown racket, sanctioned by the Genovese Crime Family
US Attorney’s announced, Rocco Ferrandino, 71, of Lakewood, N.J., and Michael Trueba, 78, of Kearny, N.J. – both former supervisors on the New Jersey piers – pleaded guilty to conspiring to extort Christmastime tributes from the union members;
The charge to which Ferrandino and Trueba pleaded guilty carries a maximum potential penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine
Charges are still pending against three defendants in the superseding indictment, including a racketeering conspiracy charge against Stephen Depiro, 58, of Kenilworth, N.J., a soldier in the Genovese familyread NY.com
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