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Bail denied for bald reputed mobster known as 'The Wig'
A chrome-domed reputed mobster known as "The Wig'' isn't getting within a hair's breadth of freedom while awaiting racketeering charges, a Brooklyn judge said Tuesday. Bald alleged Colombo crime-family associate...
Tekashi 6ix9ine to learn his fate at December sentencing
Turncoat rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine will learn how much his government cooperation paid off when he returns to court for sentencing on Dec. 18.
Reputed mobster's GPS tracker on girlfriend leads to 20 arrests: feds
The stunning turn of events was revealed as 20 people — including 11 reputed members and associates of the Colombo crime family — were busted on charges including racketeering, loansharking...
Tekashi 6ix9ine accused of faking kidnapping for new album 'buzz'
"That's how he makes money," the defense attorney said.
Ex-Tekashi 6ix9ine bodyguard gets light sentence thanks to colostomy bag
Justice is dung. A Manhattan federal court judge handed a former Tekashi 6ix 9ine guard a low-ball sentence for gun possession on Wednesday, arguing that a colostomy bag the man...
Genovese boss' son should get at least 2 years in prison: prosecutors
The son of infamous bathrobe-wearing crime boss Vincent "The Chin" Gigante should serve no less than two years in prison for extorting a labor union official, Manhattan prosecutors argued in...
NYC sues Virginia company for flooding Big Apple with untaxed cigarettes
A Virginia cigarette company schemed with black-market sellers in New York City to funnel tens of thousands of cartons of untaxed smokes into the city every month, officials charged Monday....
Feds hit Tekashi 6ix9ine 'kidnapper' with gun, racketeering charges
Aljeremiah Mack has been hit with racketeering, gun and narcotics charges related to his association with the violent and drug-slinging Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods
Another ex-pal of Tekashi 6ix9ine pleads guilty to racketeering
Denard Butler pleaded guilty before a federal judge in Manhattan to a racketeering charge.
Billionaire pharma founder convicted in opioid bribery scheme
The billionaire founder behind the drug company that hired a former exotic dancer to help bribe doctors was found guilty in a nationwide scheme to prescribe a dangerous opioid. John...
Coach who got Lori Loughlin's daughter into college to plead guilty
A University of Southern California coach accused of helping Lori Loughlin's social media-star daughter get into the school as a bogus athletic recruit as part of the nationwide college admissions...
Seagram’s heiress Clare Bronfman pleads guilty in Nxivm sex cult case
Seagram's liquor heiress Clare Bronfman on Friday pleaded guilty for her role in the suspected upstate sex-slave cult Nxivm.
Seagram's heiress Clare Bronfman to plead guilty in Nxivm sex cult case
It's unclear what charges the liquor scion will be pleading guilty to.
Son of Genovese crime boss pleads guilty to labor union shakedown
The love child of late Genovese crime family boss Vincent “The Chin” Gigante pleaded guilty to a racketeering conspiracy charge on Wednesday for participating in a scheme to shake down...
Drug company put 'profits over patients' with opioid push: prosecutors
Top executives at the Arizona-based drug company Insys Therapeutics bribed doctors into prescribing an addictive opioid spray containing fentanyl, deceiving insurers into paying for it, federal prosecutors in Boston claimed...
Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods head pleads guilty to racketeering, narcotics charges
A former associate of rainbow-haired rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine who the feds caught on tape saying that he would bring harm to 6ix9ine prior to the rapper’s arrest, pleaded guilty on...
Reputed mobsters acquitted in racketeering and extortion case
He may look like a mobster — but he’s not guilty of being one. Two reputed mobsters, including Joseph “Joe C” Cammarano Jr., the dapper reputed acting Bonanno crime family...
Nxivm co-founder Nancy Salzman pleads guilty in sex cult case
The co-founder and president of accused upstate sex cult Nxivm broke down in tears Wednesday as she admitted to hacking into emails of the group’s perceived enemies and destroying evidence...
Bonanno family drama spills over into reputed mobster's trial
So much for Family. A former Bonanno crime-family associate testified in Manhattan court Monday that he “can’t stand” the reputed mob consigliere on trial for racketeering. Mafia turncoat Stephen Sabella...
Don't convict my client for looking like a mobster: lawyer
“Dressed to kill” is just an expression — capisce? The lawyer for a reputed Bonanno crime family boss pleaded with a jury on Monday not to convict her client based...