July 14, 2023
Purported mafioso Vincent "Vinny Unions" Ricciardo on Friday admitted his role in what prosecutors say was a long-running labor union extortion scheme and related crimes, the last of over a dozen alleged Colombo crime family members and associates to admit guilt in a dragnet that took out the leadership of one of New York's five families of La Cosa Nostra.
April 11, 2023
A Brooklyn federal judge sentenced a crime family soldier with a long criminal record to 57 months in prison Monday for selling thousands of fraudulent Occupational Safety and Health Administration training certificates to construction laborers at $500 apiece.
March 04, 2022
A Brooklyn federal prosecutor expressed optimism Friday that the government will reach plea deals with 14 defendants, including alleged Colombo family boss Andrew "Mush" Russo, charged with offenses including extorting a Queens labor union.
September 15, 2021
Alleged Colombo family boss Andrew "Mush" Russo is among 14 charged in a sprawling criminal case that includes allegations of racketeering, extortion and money laundering connected to an attempt to control a labor union and its health care benefits program, according to an indictment unsealed in New York federal court Tuesday.