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Interviewed by TIME, Silverman said that if they seemed relevant to his investigation, he would seek access to court-sealed FBI tapes of conversations by a Schiavone subcontractor, William Masselli, a convicted hijacker and alleged Mafioso. TIME has learned that federal court records, as well as undercover operations, provide evidence of a close relationship between Masselli and Louis Sanzo, the union boss who allegedly pocketed $2,000 in Schiavone funds at a restaurant in New York while Donovan looked on. Until now the Justice Department has maintained that no evidence links Sanzo with Masselli. But Masselli has appeared in court...
...special prosecutor is also expected to look into dealings between Donovan's former company, Schiavone Construction Co., and William Masselli, a member of New York's Genovese Mafia family. Masselli heads an excavation firm that has made some $12 million under subcontracts with Schiavone. The FBI has evidence showing unusually close links between Schiavone officials, including Donovan, and Masselli. Masselli had a preferential (but not necessarily illegal) arrangement under which he was to be paid 7½% of the cost of his company's work for Schiavone "off the top," as his firm's profit...
Over the past three years, Masselli was the target of FBI agents, wiretappers, stakeouts, prosecutors and federal grand juries. These investigations produced reports of an alleged $5,000 payoff to New York City Democratic Congressman Mario Biaggi. The money was said to have come from a paving contractor who was seeking dumping privileges at a city landfill. Biaggi denied any such deal, saying: "It didn't happen." Similarly, Masselli is alleged to have sought the help of Carmine De Sapio, 73, a former New York City Democratic leader, in leasing a dump site from the New York State Metropolitan...
Even by Mob standards, that is not petty cash. When the Bonanno family protested within Mafia circles that Masselli had violated a territorial agreement, the Genovese and Bonanno factions held a council "sitdown" to hear the dispute. Masselli argued that he had simply foreclosed on bad loans. The council absolved him of infringing on a Bonanno jurisdiction. Salvatore (Sally Blind) Frascone, a Bonanno soldier specializing in vending machines, made the fatal mistake of continuing to protest the pro-Masselli decision. Frascone was openly executed in October...
...that may show that Donovan's company had been doing business with a most unsavory gangster when it was dealing with Masselli and that Masselli associated with racketeers and murderers in the Mob. But it certainly does not demonstrate that Donovan had any personal knowledge of Masselli's criminal connections. The only mention of Donovan in the FBI eavesdropping that has been acknowledged so far by the Justice Department seems innocent enough. Masselli is heard telling his son Nat that he planned to attend some type of unexplained "affair," requiring admission tickets and an airplane trip, with "Ronnie...