Word: difilippi
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Court Judge William Ingram found the white-haired Bonanno, 75, and Nephew Jack DiFilippi, 54, guilty of conspiring to interfere with a federal grand jury probe of four now defunct companies in San Jose, Calif.-two construction firms, a manufacturer of mattresses and a women's clothing company-that were run by the don's two sons, Salvatore (Bill), 48,* and Joseph Jr., 35. According to federal authorities, the companies were laundering money from illegal Mafia activities...
...native Sicilian dialect. Twice a week, law enforcement officials dutifully collected his trash. Digging through the coffee grounds and other garbage, they hit pay dirt: notes by Bonanno of phone conversations concerning his sons' business activities, which enabled federal authorities to piece together evidence that Bonanno and DiFilippi had conspired to withhold records from the grand jury and influence witnesses...
...faces up to five years in jail and as much as $10,000 in fines; DiFilippi confronts the same penalties, plus another 15 years and $30,000 for an additional conviction of perjury. Both intend to appeal. If Bonanno does indeed go to jail, it will be the first time. His only previous conviction was for violating wage and hour laws at his New York clothing factory in 1945; he was fined $450 and placed on probation...
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