The impact of organized crime falls most directly on the residents of our urban ghettoes, It is their money that is drained away by numbers runners, loan sharks, and narcotic peddlers and addicts. Polish-American organized crime has existed in the United States throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. [44] Bruno also implicated a life-long friend of his and convicted narcotics peddler, Peter Casella, in his numbers operation. Anthony Scotchel, 1968: Scotchel operated a gambling house in Morgantown, West Virginia, which was a territory controlled by the Southwestern Pennsylvania criminal syndicate. Criminal charges investigated by and referred to him by a Commonwealth agency arising out of enforcement provisions of the statute charging the agency with a duty to enforce its provisions. 71 P.S. "[213] Later Migliazza recorded a taped interview for the Easton Express in which he detailed contributions and payoffs to political leaders and public officials, The impact of this high-level corruption is difficult to estimate. State Police in Pottsville, but Schuylkill County grand juries have refused to indict them. There have been many infamous people throughout the years who have called Pennsylvania home at one time or another. Narducci was convicted in 1960 of the slaying of Attilio Romolini, whom he had shot three times in the head. In most cases the extent of the syndicate is the organization of the numbers bank itself. First there is obviously considerable numbers gambling in Pittsburgh as there is in every major eastern city; numbers operators have been arrested and convicted by the department. In 1951, testimony was given before the Kefauver Crime Committee by State Police Captain Harry McElroy concerning the illegal traffic in treasury balance tickets in Pennsylvania. 22907; and U.S. v. Mosiello, et al. And, at a time when citizens demand and need more positive leadership, lesser and unresponsive governments erode the confidence of Pennsylvanians in the concept and practice of representative democracy. 131 Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs for the Year Ended December 81, 1958, pp. Second were the major wholesalers, and third the high-level distributors. 137 Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs for the Year Ended December 31, 1967, Bureau of Narcotics, U.S. Treasury Department (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1968), p. 6. [181], Subsequently both state and federal grand juries began probing 107's affairs. Significantly, all three bosses are currently under federal indictment for their activities: Bruno and Colombo for income tax evasion; Gambino for plotting an armored car robbery. Suspected Cosa Nostra member Frank Monte was convicted in federal court in 1958 along with Delaware County racketeer Max Potnick, for operating an illegal still. Pressure was continually applied, and finally the Cosa Nostra won. 151 U.S. vs. Monte, et al. Have up to 300 customers in Philadelphia and 350 in cach city where it operated. With extensive holdings in the Buffalo-Montreal area, Magaddino also controls the Erie County area of Pennsylvania through his consigliere (counselor) Vincent Scro. His criminal records were mysteriously missing from police departments in Lansdowne, Yeadon, Upper Darby, and Millbourne, and from the Bureau of Criminal Identification of Delaware County. In 1957 the Attorney General of Pennsylvania published the results of an investigation which showed that $50,000 in extortion money was paid to Alex Fudeman, nephew of Reading rackets czar Abe Minker, by independent jukebox operators. Organized crime in Pennsylvania engages in a broad spectrum of criminal activities, These include the "victimless," consensual vice crimes - illegal gambling, loan sharking, and prostitution. Then he was released, but without his, car. 10 Task Force Report: Organized Crime, p. 6. There is a very prosperous regime in the city of Chester, Delaware County. 129 Philadelphia Inquirer, August 22, 1956, p. 1. In 1970 Ferrone was convicted and sentenced to a term of ninety days. Agents in GVTF are also assigned to investigate gun crimes with multiple federal agencies including the FBI, ATF and U.S. The largest was a numbers bank. That finding holds true in Pennsylvania, where a multitude of state and federal grand juries, congressional investigations, and intelligence information has confirmed a vast empire of illegal numbers, bookmaking, treasury balance tickets, and other forms of gambling. In 1958 a special federal grand jury probing organized crime and corruption in Western Pennsylvania heard testimony from Alvin Murschetz, independent operator of Al's Music Company in Beaver County. 136 Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs for the Year Ended December 31, 1957, Bureau of Narcotics, U.S. Treasury Department (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1958), p. 28. Other members of the organization were charged for a variety of crimes, including attempted murder, bank robbery, and counterfeiting. Named as a "criminal associate" of Russell Bufalino, by the federal Bureau of Narcotics. In 1959 Francis Fina was arrested on charges of assaulting a police officer, and in 1960 for assault with intent to murder. 412), which is known as the Protection of Privacy Act of 1969, was introduced in the House of Representatives and referred to the Judiciary Committee on February 19, 1969. First comes the so-called "strategic" approach, which is designed to create an atmosphere whereby the criminals can enter and take over a business. Vigorous state, federal, and local enforcement activity has affected the flow of illegal narcotics in Pennsylvania. In November of 1968, Pennsylvania State Police officers raided the Abington Press in Clarks Summit and seized 62,000 illegal football pool tickets, ready for distribution throughout the state. The larger police departments in urban areas should form special units to collect intelligence on organized crime activity and plan overall strategies for attacking the crime syndicates. Subsequent investigation showed that a substantial portion of the profits was channeled to New York. 127 U.S. vs. Riccobene, et al. These have been steady sources of independent income, and have provided routine meeting places for syndicate councils and places to mingle with community leaders. 1, pp. Also engaged in narcotics smuggling, labor racketeering, and dealing in stolen jewels and furs.[124]. In 1941 Giaocchino "Dandy Jack" Parisi (labeled the "ace triggerman" for Murder, Inc., by Manhattan District. In Erie the local lieutenants have been James "Westfield Jimmy" Salamone and Anthony Ciotti, who have lengthy criminal records. By one or another means, it obtains a high degree of immunity from the law. There are many crimes associated with traffic in liquor other than bootlegging. (Philadelphia: U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania), Criminal No. Following Sciandra as boss was Joseph Mario Barbara, Sr., a convicted bootlegger and suspected murderer from the Scranton area. 84 U.S. vs. Cole, et al. Both defendents were later convicted; Skolnick was given a five-year term, and Stein's sentence of three years was suspended.[167]. DeCavalcante discussed Angelo Bruno's interest in the company, as well as that of John Ignazio "Whitey" Franco of Easton, and New York labor racketeer and Cosa Nostra member Joseph "Joe Stretch" Stracci: DeCavalcante: [Whitey's] always lived in Pennsylvania. Pardoned in 1938 by Governor George Earle for the crime of murder. Some of them have been involved in mob dealings, political corruption, piracy. In turn these middle-level subordinates communicate these unofficial policies to their street-level assistants and enforcement agents. It is totalitarian in organization. [16] The consigliere mediates disputes between other members and acquires his prestige from his long years of experience in La Cosa Nostra family and criminal activities. It was believed that he was prepared to cooperate with law enforcement authorities. Disclosure in court of eavesdropped conversations of Cosa Nostra bosses Raymond Patriarca and Sam DeCavalcante. Projections made from records seized by the Intelligence Division of the Internal Revenue Service reveal that the volume of business conducted by major numbers banks in Pennsylvania totals over $240 million per year.[38]. [79] On March 10, 1970, Mastrangelo pleaded guilty in Chester County Court and was fined $250 plus costs. "[99] The wire room syndicate was found to: One of the key participants in the wire room was Warren Picillo, described by the U.S. Justice Department as a Cosa Nostra member from Rhode Island. A decade of organized crime : 1980 report Responsibility Pennsylvania Crime Commission. 1 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using only the revised Uniform Crime Reporting definition of rape. Robert Nickoloff, Agent, Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, U.S. Department of Justice, Philadelphia. In 1963, FBI agents arrested four Cosa Nostra members of the Angelo Bruno family, including Caporegime John Capello, and one associate. Illegal bookmaking on sporting events is second only to the numbers racket in the amount of revenue controlled by crime syndicates. Barish had been convicted of murdering a syndicate rival during the 1930's, but his sentence had been commuted by gubernatorial order. For example, in Reading the racket czar was Abe Minker, referred to as "The General." 19715; and U.S. us. All Special Agents in the Environmental Crimes Sectionhave extensive training in the handling of residual and hazardous waste and often assist the Bureau of Narcotics Investigations with methamphetamine laboratory search warrants. Obviously, past efforts in Pennsylvania to control organized crime have been inadequate. Some of the most notorious racketeers in recent American history have been convicted on income tax evasion charges when it was found to be impossible to catch them in the commission of other crimes, (Some of these include Al Capone, Frank Costello, Antonio Corallo, John Dioguardia, and Paul Ricca.) [165] The charges stemmed from the embezzlement of $439,000 from the First National Bank of Exeter, Pennsylvania, of which Lippi was Chairman of the Board. Law enforcement, social science, legal and medical experts have all described the illegal narcotics traffic as vicious and ugly. Like infiltration of legitimate businesses, labor-management racketeering involves a variety of crimes, Each type is designed to produce either a quick profit or a chance to dominate the union. "They're locking up my toothpaste!" Al Sharpton recently complained on MSNBC. It will, for example, be easier to urge budgetary committees into understanding the unique requirements in men and resources for fighting organized crime. Such organizations engage in offenses such as cargo theft, fraud, robbery, kidnapping for ransom, and the demanding of "protection" payments. [182] Also in that year the Philadelphia District Attorney's office found instances of "blackmail, looting from 107's treasury, and violence against non-members. Can RICO laws treat it like organized crime? [164] vonZamft still faeces Pennsylvania state charges of conspiracy and embezzlement. 111-68; vol. 97 U.S. vs. D'Amato, et al. 73 U.S. vs. Parenti (Philadelphia: U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania), Criminal No. The principal conspirator was Philadelphia-New York racketeer Harry Stromberg, better known as "Nig Rosen." Gerald Shur, Chief, Intelligence and Special Services Unit, Organized Crime and Racketeering Section, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 43 DeCavalcante transcripts, vol. "Pete was giving me his business," said Bruno. [29] Bureau of Narcotics investigations revealed that LaRocca had attended an organized crime meeting in Sierra Madre, California, on March 14, 1956, in company with Gary, Indiana, racketeer Anthony Pinelli, Los Angeles Cosa Nostra boss Frank DeSimone, and Salvatore Marino, a caporegime in the LaRocca family residing in California. CAMDEN, N.J. - A West Reading, Pa., man admitted he conspired to defraud FirstPlus Financial Group Inc. (FPFG), a Texas-based financial services company allegedly targeted for extortionate takeover and looting by a group led by alleged Lucchese organized crime family member Nicodemo S. Scarfo, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. 53, pp. 1951), p. 61. The amelioration of friction surrounding investment in gambling concessions in Cuba and the Caribbean. Prominent among the people who cause racketeers hardship are law enforcement authorities. 148 U.S. vs. Heller, et al. Pennsylvania Reputed Gambling Ring Leader and Son Plead Guilty, to Pay $300K Fine. Also present were Philadelphia racketeers Al Silverberg and Nathan Newman, who had been convicted in 1932 of murdering a prohibition agent in Minneapolis. 69-H-246. DiLorenzo and vonZamft were subsequently convicted in federal court in New York. Four close associates of the Joseph Colombo Cosa Nostra family were indicted in Cleveland in 1969, along with six other defendants, for transporting obscene motion pictures from Brooklyn to Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit, and Rochester. 2. Drug Strike Force lawyers routinely utilize the Statewide Investigating Grand Jury and electronic surveillance as investigative resources and prosecute their criminal cases in the various counties within their assigned region. In the coin-operated vending machine industry, other forms of coercion have been used. George C. Herndl, Ph.D., Dean, Humanities Division, Belmont Abbey College, ASSISTANT EDITOR: In 1966 a Fairless Hills businessman borrowed $3000 from Army Major Arthur Ashkenase of Willingboro, New Jersey. These officials commmunicate in various ways to their subordinates that organized crime cases are not to be pursued or that they are to receive lenient treatment. [145] In 1965, five of the defendants, including Rubino and Munjone, were convicted in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia and given merely token fines and probationary sentences. Cosa Nostra Boss John LaRocca of Pittsburgh attended a number of meetings with major national racketeers in 1955 and 1956, Federal Bureau of Narcotics agents revealed that in 1955 he visited Gary, Indiana, where he met with Anthony Pinelli to discuss his disguised interests in jukebox and pinball machines. 67 U.S. vs. Joseph (Philadelphia: US. Organized criminals endear themselves to officials and political leaders in a number of ways, creating many types of obligations. If the places allowing illegal activities on their premises are cleaned up or closed down and if hidden racketeer interests in such places are exposed, the strength of the syndicates will be lessened. Plumeri arranged for the $200,000 loan to be made through the Central States Teamsters Pension Fund, but a kickback would need to be paid to the auditor of the fund. 22755. Assaults on federal law-enforcement officers are also quite common. However, these agencies often work with police agencies with county, city, or municipal jurisdiction. He's with Don Angelo Bruno. Examples of such providers include nursing homes, hospitals, medical supply vendors and medical professionals (physicians, dentists, pharmacists, etc.). He owns the Bonnie Stewart Dress Company and Claudia Frocks in New York along with racketeers James Plumeri and Angelo Sciandra. In Bristol, DeCavalcante family member Ignazio DiGirolomo is in charge. This section focuses on long-term investigations and often utilizes the Statewide Investigating Grand Jury. Traditionally, crusading journalists and law enforcement agencies have exclaimed that racketeers were moving into the field of legitimate business and that this has posed a threat to the general public. 1615 dealing with this subject was introduced on September 9, 1969, and referred to the Judiciary Committee on September 9, 1969. 52: 1585 ff. The takeover of the beer distributorship was not in violation of Pennsylvania law, but would be, under the proposed Pennsylvania Corrupt Organizations Act of 1970 (House Bill No. 4. Boston-Providence, Rhode Island. It was higher than in 92.5% U.S. cities. (Philadelphia: U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania), Criminal No. Posted on: September 17, 2020, 09:31h. The attitude of organized criminals to authorities who apprehend them was summed up by Cosa Nostra member Frank Zirpoli at his 1942 trial for bootlegging. General Manager of Medico Industries, Inc., a multi-million dollar corporation in Luzerne County. 219: 1 (Sentence Hearing). Brooklyn. . Often they are accustomed to operating in an atmosphere of high pressure and force, and racketeers feel that such methods are necessary to achieve their cooperation. [22], Independent criminal syndicates are organized in somewhat the same manner, but the traditions are not nearly as old or pervasive. Santore, et al. As owners and stockholders in major local companies and as principal employers in many areas of the state, racketeers can more easily obtain the community respect and admiration which they seek. Some of the most elaborate sports-information dissemination networks have operated in Pennsylvania. In the 1950's there were three organized crime murders in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Gambling is very often the medium by which the successful businessman (but unsuccessful gambler) is introduced to loan sharking. Gradually the note accumulated $7000 in interest and Ashkenase sold it to two labor racketeers and loan sharks, Salvatore Rispo and Francis Marino. Accounts of the testimony appear in the Pitisburgh Post-Gazette for the following days: June 6, 10, 12, and 15, 1965. The alleged operation involved illegal bookmaking in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Mississippi, and Pennsylvania.]. Through the Resident Agency concept, the resources of the Commission are more equitably distributed both demographically and functionally. It provides diversification, a "hedge" against unfavorable conditions in the crime world - such as a sustained, vigorous enforcement effort. Among the codefendants were four of the major narcotics violators in the Philadelphia are: Cosa Nostra member Peter Casella and associates Frank Valli, Frank Malfi, and James Santore. ALSO EXAMINED ARE NEW TACTICS AND LEGISLATION NEEDED TO COMBAT ORGANIZED CRIME. 2, p. 18. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania), Criminal No. When such organized crime infiltration of both labor and management. Bethlehem. (Pittsburgh: US. They are Angelo Bruno, Frank Jaskiewicz, and Max Weisberg. Unless corruption and influence can be eliminated and the resolve to fight organized crime can be developed, Pennsylvania will continue to harbor criminal syndicates and suffer from an inevitably lowered quality of government. In 1968 DeCavalcante was indicted by a federal grand jury in Camden for allegedly extorting money from two players who patronized one of his dice games in Trevose, near Bristol, in Bucks County. The goals of the Public Corruption Unit are both to punish wrongdoers and to restore the faith of our citizens in their public officials and employees. Government Printing Office, 1967), p. 221. Illegal gambling provides a steady source of lucrative profits: which organized crime syndicates then invest in either more profitable or high-risk ventures, such as narcotics smuggling and loan sharking, or in legitimate businesses. Through committee staff testimony it was established that Tollin was supplying Pennsylvania bookmakers with betting information. 149 U.S. vs. Casella, et al. At the Maloney trial he testified to the following: (a) He handled a daily volume of between $40,000 and $60,000, with 3000-5000 numbers writers. A meeting was called in Braddock, outside of Pittsburgh, to mediate the dispute. The Section is staffed with attorneys, agents and support staff located in offices in Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Norristown and Wilkes-Barre. [130] Despite the fact that this was his fourth narcotics conviction, a plea was made for a light sentence by Philadelphia City Councilman Raymond Pace Alexander. [66] Fiorini and Minker were charged with conspiring to evade and defeat collection of federal wagering taxes. As they become respectable community leaders, their past and present involvement in more sinister criminal activities becomes hidden. 172 U.S. Senate Select. Organized Crime Task Forces, U.S. Department of Justice: Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Manhattan, Newark, and Philadelphia. 229 Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, May 16, 1968, p. 9. A trailer for Mafia Ties has been released, along with pictures of certain scenes most showing Mafia types in seedy situations. Or the mob may pump considerable funds into the campaign treasury of a candidate opposing a crusading district attorney or public leader. 157-70. Or they can foreclose on gambling and loan-shark debts and demand a share of the business as the form of payment. In the last 5 years Pittsburgh has seen . 203 U.S. vs, Caponigro (Philadelphia: US. [17] Commission members usually serve for a period of five years. In 1966 a federal grand jury indicted over ten individuals for their part in a national sports wire service which was run from an innocent-looking room on Chadwick Street. In effect the pardon cleared LaRocca's record and left the government without a deportation case. PITTSBURGH, PA - A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh has returned two separate, but related, Indictments following a five-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking and violence in and around Wilkinsburg and the East Hills neighborhood in Pittsburgh, United States Attorney Scott Brady announced today. However, this was not accomplished without violence, and he is believed to have ordered in 1929 the execution of three brothers of the rival Volpe gang in Pittsburgh. One alternate tactic is bombing. The vast majority of cases investigated by the Criminal Prosecutions Section falls into three categories and under three provisions of the Commonwealth Attorneys Act. A claim to monopoly over a territory by a Cosa Nostra boss would hold. 16919 (income tax evasion), and 19768 (evasion of wagering taxes). 186 The 1967 Report to the People of Philadelphia from the Office of the District Attorney, p. 112-113. Medicaid Fraud Control Sectionis responsible for investigating and prosecuting providers who have fraudulently participated in the Medical Assistance Program. In Pennsylvania the cities of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia appear to be the centers of loan shark activity. A-1785) see Annual Report of the Attorney General of the United States for Fiscal Year 1956, U.S. Department of Justice (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1957), pp. [40], Special Assistant to the Attorney General of the United States Max Goldschein stated after completing the probe that "the racketeering situation in Philadelphia is worse than anywhere I have been. For this reason it is no longer necessary to bribe hundreds of street-level enforcement agents. The same process is used to select the second digit (4th and 5th races} and third (6th and 7th. Published reports of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Attorney General of the United States, and the Internal Revenue Service. 26 Organized Crime and Illicit Traffic in Narcotics, Pt. [191] The Gelsos had long been known to federal authorities as close associates of the Cosa Nostra family run by Russell Bufalino in Luzerne County. These involve huge turnovers of coins that are difficult to trace. They were still active well into the 1970s. The initializing form is entitled DAG-71 and every asset seized by the Federal Agency requires a completed form. The 2018 crime rate in Pittsburgh, PA is 340 (City-Data.com crime index), which is 1.3 times greater than the U.S. average. Soon thereafter he relinquished his control, and it passed to Anthony DiLorenzo, a rising member of the Vito Genovese family. He proposed that he burn down his Stagecoach Restaurant in Easton and earmark $5000 of the $90,000 in insurance payments for DeCavalcante. Crime families have united, feds say. Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. [202], In 1958 Cosa Nostra member Antonio Caponigro was called before a federal grand jury then probing the huge illicit liquor still uncovered in Reading. (Pittsburgh: Allegheny County Court of Commen Pleas), No. 144 Information supplied by the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Treasury Department; also, Commonwealth vs. Santora et al. 54 A summary of the federal organized crime drive in Pittsburgh, 1960-1965, may be found in Invasion of Privacy, U.S. Senate, Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure of the Committee on the Judiciary Hearings (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1965), Pt. 86 Annual Report of the Attorney General of the United States for Fiscal Year 1966, U.S. Department of Justice (Washington, D.C.: US. 217 Annual Report of the Attorney General of the United States for Fiscal Year 1959, p. 222. workers on the job (for gambling and loan sharking operations). The promoters could raise all but $13,500, and for this amount they went to a notorious loan shark in Jersey City, Harold Konigsberg. [18] If the Commission is dissatisfied with the performance of a boss, it may permanently remove him by "putting him on the shelf," as it did with Joseph Bonnano of New York,[19] who was found to be plotting the murders of other Cosa Nostra bosses. 133 U.S. vs. Sindone (Philadelphia: US. Pecora. To the surprise of officials in New York, many of the connections of New York bookmakers were centered in Pennsylvania. A second example demonstrates another aspect of organized crime syndicates: the need to commit one crime to cover up another. Illegal gambling operations are the most lucrative of organized criminal activities, and to protect them from costly disruption, gambling syndicates seck to undermine the machinery of criminal justice. By exerting their influence less directly, they can cause the honest "raiding" police officer to be transferred to a distant detail. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. 22434. On March 14, 1956, he attended a number of meetings in Sierra Madre, California, with Frank DeSimone, Boss of the Los Angeles Cosa Nostra family, and Salvatore Marino, a caporegime in the LaRocca family, who lives in California. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania), Criminal No. Both brothers have lengthy records involving serious crimes. [78] Following this robbery, DeCavalcante was charged with extorting additional sums from the same victims. The Office of Attorney General, Environmental CrimesSectioninvestigates and prosecutes violations of state environmental laws governing the processing, transportation, storage, or disposal of municipal, residual and hazardous waste. [*D'Agata subsequently pleaded guilty to this charge in federal court.] 20-21; U.S. vs. Casella, et al. 153 DeCavalcante transcripts, vol. Later Riccobene was supported in a bid for a commutation of sentence by State Senator Vincent Scarcelli. In April, 1970, agents of the federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD) arrested the Ecuadorian Consul in Philadelphia and seized from him over seven pounds of pure cocaine valued at more than $1 million. Businesses controlled by organized criminals provide services and commodities roughly equal in quality to those found in the general market. Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General Strawberry Square Often, letters are exchanged between the two offices to determine the equitable sharing that is to take place. Restaurants and Taprooms. District Court, Fastern District of Pennsylvania), Criminal Nos. The U.S. Department of Justice felt differently. Approximately 15,000 treasury balance tickets were seized, and Wedra was convicted in federal court in Scranton for failure to purchase a wagering occupational stamp. Pittsburgh. Two other major bankruptcy frauds were uncovered in Philadelphia. As another step toward protection, the office, or "sub bank" as it is often called, will call the writer or courier at a particular time and location so that the writer or courier will not be able to give authorities the telephone number of the office, should he be arrested and choose to cooperate. Some members serve as advisors and counselors, others as enforcers and executioners, still others as buffers to insulate top-level leaders from direct involvement in criminal operations. 1. 9 Donald Cressey, "The Functions and Structure of Criminal Syndicates," Task Force Report: Organized Crime, Appendix A, pp. [178] In 1970 a trucking company official, Jake D'Agata, was indicted for perjury by a federal grand jury in Philadelphia which was investigating payoffs to officials of the same local, D'Agata was charged with perjury. 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