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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 . Massino was a protégé of Philip Rastelli, who took control of ...
- 10 years' imprisonment (1987), Life imprisonment (2005)
- Salvatore Vitale (brother-in-law)
Sep 22, 2023 · Massino, who led the Bonanno family for 12 years and orchestrated dozens of murders, became the first head of a New York mob family to turn rat and testify against his gangsters. He was released from prison in 2013 and lived in Ohio until his death on Sept. 14.
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Apr 14, 2024 · Joseph Charles Massino was born in Maspeth, Queens, on January 10, 1943. Massino’s formal education was complete by his sophomore year of high school, but his criminal one was just beginning. Massino soon came to the attention of the Bonanno acting boss Philip “Rusty” Rastelli.
Jul 11, 2013 · July 10, 2013. When Joseph C. Massino took the witness stand in 2011, becoming the first official boss of one of New York’s five crime families to break the code of silence and testify against a ...
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 close to ...
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Apr 12, 2011 · Joseph C. Massino, a former head of the Bonanno crime family, testifed in Brooklyn on Tuesday. United States Attorney's Office. By testifying for the government, he is seeking a sentence reduction ...
