A witness says Colombo gangster Dino Saracino concocted a plan to shake down leukemia victim Jonathan Nigro (pictured) in exchange for life-saving bone marrow
In the Brooklyn Mafia trial of reputed Colombo crime family acting boss Thomas Gioeli and street soldier Dino (Litttle Dino) Saracino — a mob connected rats testimony revealed that ruthless whack-job Saracino schemed to shake down the family of dying young cancer victim in exchange for life-saving bone marrow . Read the story
By John Marzulli, New York Daily News
A sicko Colombo gangster proposed shaking down the family of a young leukemia victim in exchange for life-saving bone marrow, a government witness testified Wednesday.
The scheme was revealed during the cross-examination of mob associate David Gordon in Brooklyn Federal Court.
Defense lawyer Sam Braverman accused the turncoat of hatching a plan to extort $20,000 from cancer patient Jonathan Nigro after learning his bone marrow was a match for transplant.
read more Here
