A WIFE OF ‘CRIME’: Alicia DiMichele, ‘mobette’ plays with the big boys
, outside Brooklyn federal court
Mitchel Maddux for the post writes about Alicia DiMichele, wife of Colombo crime family associate Edward “Tall Guy” Garofalo Jr who was busted by the feds along with Colombo member Theodore (Skinny) Persico, Jr and Colombo soldier Thomas Petrizzo for ripping off union pension funds read the story
by Mitchel Maddux
She’s no Carmela Soprano.
Alicia DiMichele may have an alleged mobster husband — but she’s anything but a traditional big-haired mob wife who spends her day cooking pasta dinners for her made man.
Alicia is an equal partner with her hubby, Edward “Tall Guy” Garofalo Jr., according to the feds — a “wise gal” helping to blaze a trail for other women hoping to enter the profession.
Brooklyn federal prosecutors say the “mobette” — a 38-year-old mother of three — helped the Colombos embezzle union pension and benefit-plan money while working at mob-controlled construction companies.
It’s an arrangement seldom seen in the Mafia — gangsters’ spouses almost always steer clear of their husbands’ illicit activities.
“It’s extremely rare. Historically, wives have not been involved with day-to-day criminal activity in the mob,” said John Meringola, a professor at New York Law School and a lawyer who represented John Gotti Jr. read More here: Feds accuse alleged Brooklyn mob wife Alicia DiMichele of embezzlement and conspiracy – NYPOST.com
