Gang Land’s Jerry Capeci writes
The feds have linked a key figure in a failed Mafia rubout plot involving the powerhouse Genovese family and the Crips to a billionaire playboy who is one of the world’s wealthiest art dealers, Gang Land has learned.
Mr. Capeci writes, The ties between Bertram (Birdy) Duke, who is accused of playing a key role in a 2014 attempt to kill a mob associate, and Hillel (Helly) Nahmad, owner of the renowned Helly Nahmad Art Gallery, on Madison Avenue, were cited by the government at a bail hearing at which Duke was detained without bail.
Duke is accused of having helped recruit three members of a Crips gang from the Bronx to whack mob associate Joseph Bonelli in June of 2014. According to charges filed by federal prosecutors, the hit attempt was engineered by Salvatore (Fat Sal) Delligatti, an associate of the Genovese crime family, and close friend and cohort of Duke. Gang Land News
