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Joseph Charles Massino (January 10, 1943 – September 14, 2023) was an American mobster. He was a member of the Mafia and boss of the Bonanno crime family from 1991 until 2004, when he became the first boss of one of the Five Families in New York City to turn state's evidence .
Sep 22, 2023 · Former Bonanno crime family boss Joseph “Big Joey” Massino — the first head of one of New York’s five mob families to ever turn rat — died earlier this month after battling a short illness, it...
Apr 14, 2024 · For 13 years, he ruled with nearly total immunity, becoming known as “The Last Don” because the heads of every other New York crime family were in jail while he reigned freely. Then, in 2004, Joe Massino did the unthinkable — he became the first sitting boss of a New York crime family to become a government informant.
Jul 11, 2013 · A federal judge commuted the sentence of Joseph C. Massino, a former Bonanno crime family leader who broke the code of silence, and he will be released from federal custody in 60 days.
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Sep 22, 2023 · Joseph Massino, the low-key Mafia boss who stunned the world of organized crime in 2005 when it was revealed he had become a government witness, has died after a short illness, sources...
Joseph “Big Joey” Massino, the former boss of the Bonanno mafia family and first head of a mob family to turn rat, died earlier this month at the age of 80, sources close to his family told...
Jul 11, 2013 · NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Joseph Massino was the highest ranking mobster ever to turn government informant, having served as boss of the infamous Bonanno family. But...
Apr 12, 2011 · Joseph C. Massino, the first American Mafia chief to defect to the federal authorities, made his debut on the witness stand at a Brooklyn murder trial.
Jan 10, 2003 · Joseph C. Massino, the accused leader of the crime family, was the only one of the bosses of New York's five Mafia clans to evade prosecution over the last decade, officials...
Jun 23, 2005 · Former Bonanno crime family boss Joseph Massino was sentenced to two life sentences Thursday after pleading guilty to involvement in eight mob murders and agreeing to cooperate with prosecutors.
