In the past, all too many judges have con sidered such offenders to be small fry of little consequence and have imposed only minor fines; but Lacey argues that their activities are basic to the system that pours an es timated $50billion into the coffers of the crime syndicate each year. In bail hearings in Newark before U.S. Magistrate Judge Claire C. Cecchi, the defendants included the elderly and the young, some balding and white-haired, and others in hoodies and sweatshirts. Taccetta married his long-time girlfriend, Carol Ann Nozdrovicky, whom he had met at Newark Preparatory in his early twenties. At trial in 1993, prosecutors produced evidence that Craparotta had tried to protect his nephews from being forced to pay extortion money to the mob from their video machine business. Maybe the most lasting non-Sopranos-related image in the annals of the New Jersey mob is the photo of the Willie Moretti hit. The crimes cited included a 1981 double murder inside the Shamrock Bar in Woodhaven, Queens; the 1993 murder of Colombo family underboss Joseph Scopo, shot in the passenger seat of a car parked outside his home in Ozone Park, N.Y.; a Suffolk County, N.Y., police officer who tipped off suspects to an upcoming gambling raid; and the trafficking of cocaine and marijuana. When the bid came from Washington, he went down to the capital to discuss the pro position with Attorney Gen eral John N. Mitchell. Manzo's daughter-in-law, Caroline Manzo known to television audiences from "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" has said she takes offense at the suggestion her father-in-law had ties to organized crime, arguing nobody knows the "hows and whys" of his killing. In the DeCaval cante tapes, the real story of Richie the Boot, still active at 80, began to emerge. A new U. S. Attorney for New Jersey was to be appointed, and Senator Clifford Case, for years the best Republican votegetter in the state, rec ommended Frederick Lacey. Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement updated 7/1/2022). Top 5 Jersey Cosa Nostra Mob Hits. [7][8] Taccetta reportedly went on to control the Jersey Crew, while he was serving his sentence in Atlanta.[9][10]. It became my fixed and firm conviction that organized crime was tak ing us over. The party roared into its second sunset and terminated then only because The Newark News had begun to show some interest in the merriment. That changed in 1988, as Taccetta declared war on Accetturo, and the North Jersey crew split into two factions. I was kind of in that Northern New Jersey sphere of influence, not too far outside New York City. The case Lacey outlines to the Newark jury on this particular day deals with the international financial machinations of a shady Newark insurance broker, Louis Saperstein, who departed this world in late November, 1968, mysteriously loaded with enough arsenic to kill a mule. It is a tale that involves literally hundreds of thousands of dollars in an international stock scheme. According to Russo and DeCarlo, there was an incin erator for human bodies at the rear of the estate, up be hind the Boiardo greenhouse. He was definitely one of the more influential and powerful racketeers in New Jersey. (The Star-Ledger). He was supposedly the guy that got Frank Sinatra out of his contract with Tommy Dorsey [as immortalized in The Godfather]. Prof. Henry S. Ruth, who had been deputy staff director of the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice, touched sensitive political nerves when he declared that, in his opinion, Official cor ruption in New Jersey is so bad that organized crime can get almost anything it de sires. Another expert witness assured flabbergasted officials that Professor Ruth was ab solutely right. He was first eligible for parole on August 13, 2013.[11]. If the impact of the more damaging DeCarlo tapes or the upcoming trial of Mayor Addonizio (who's been in dicted in an alleged kickback scheme involving mobdomi nated businesses) should change this attitude, the New ark municipal election this year will probably resolve it self along racial lines. Judge says not so fast Why does N.J. want to get rid of a mob watchdog? THE story goes back to Prohibition days, to the nineteentwenties. The A.B.C. A longtime mob associate with reputed ties to both the Genovese family in New Jersey and the Patriarcha family in New England, Lardiere known as "Johnny Coca-Cola" was gunned down in the parking lot of a motel in Bridgewater early Easter morning in 1977 by a killer who sped off in a waiting car, authorities said at the time. The charges were 76 counts of labor racketeering, illegal gambling, loansharking, extortion, drug trafficking, money laundering, and conspiracy. On July 12 of that year the predomi nantly Negro Central Ward exploded in one of the worst race riots in the nation's history. (Star-Ledger archive photos). Class of 1988. Vic Amuso and Anthony Casso, a man of great fear and reportedly with dozens of murders on his hands, announced his order, "Whack Jersey". What made him so remarkable, even iconic? No one has ever been charged in the case. Third, it corrupts the business man. In an effort to determine the causes of the Newark out break, Gov. [5], With Accetturo out of the way, Michael and Martin Taccetta were reportedly the leaders of the New Jersey faction, as Taccetta started cooperating with the head of the Gambino crime family, John Gotti, through Gambino caporegime, Thomas "Tommy" Gambino. SUCH is the background of Newark. I think part of it too is [that] New York City is a large iconic brand in and of itself. As he rose in power, so did a rival, Ruggiero (Richie the Boot) Boiardo. It spoke much about the political climate in Newark that gangsters and politicians mingled in discriminately; among the politicians present were a former U.S. Commis sioner, a candidate for the State Assembly andmost unfortunately Paul Moore, a Democrat who was running for Congress. When Accetturo heard of this, he ordered Taccetta to establish a new crew of the Lucchese crime family, under Taccetta's control. Lawrence Ricci, an alleged associate of the Genovese family, disappeared in 2005 amid his trial in Brooklyn on a federal racketeering indictment. Summoned to a meeting in Brooklyn with Amuso, the entire North Jersey faction, who were fearful of being massacred, went into hiding. (Star-Ledger photos). Amuso is reportedly to have agreed, as Taccetta was now under his wings. Sixteen slugs perforated Boiardo's anatomy, and his life was probably saved by his $5,000 diamond belt buckle. The prosecutor is the kind of man who does his pushups every morning to keep in shape. tapes to apprise them of the facts of life, but still there were events that seemed to speak for them selves. One of the main reasons were that Accetturo had promoted his son, Anthony Accetturo, Jr. to reorganize the Jersey crew upon his retirement, which Taccetta had been eager to take over since the early 1980s. THIS was the reasoning that led Lacey to commit his most controversial act so far, his advocacy of the release of the DeCarlo tapes. 'Guys like that don't get wiped out in a day.' Anyone can read what you share. In 1983, Taccetta's wife, Carol Ann, won $611,979 from the New Jersey State Lottery. The mansion is ap proached by a drive at least two city blocks long, and at one turn the startled visitor comes upon a monument to megalomania. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. 's transcripts, some shudderingly sinister things have happened there. He swivels around in his chair at the defense table, turning his back on Lacey with a kind of bored indifference, his tight lips twisted in a hard trav esty of a smile while the cold remote eyes, devoid of any trace of humor, stare out at the courtroom spectators with never a blink. He told people that he was self-employed. seemed to have the irrational notion that the Boot, as a convicted gangster, had no business operating a tavern called the Vittoria Castle. Eight shots in the head. He speaks in a deep, resonant voice, clearly and distinctly, leaning casual ly across the lectern toward the jury. The guy goes down and comes up. In that event, City Councilman An thony Imperiale, the karate in structor and white militant in the heavily Italian North Ward, is seen as the probable white candidate against Ken neth A. Gibson, the Negro former city engineer. It consisted of Joe Adonis, Frank Cos tello's partner, as chairman of the board; Albert Anas tasia, the enforcer; the Moretti brothers, Willie and Solly, and Anthony (Tony Bender) Strol lo, the right arm of Vito Geno vese. The Vailsburg section of Newark is on a hill which closely aligns with the suburban and park areas outside it. Thirty nine years later, no one has been charged in Russo's killing. Perhaps it is just a coinci dence, but during these dec ades when the law and the courts seemed unable to fight their way out of a paper bag, the buddybuddy relationship of the underworld with New ark's politicians remained one of the world's worst kept secrets. Boiardo was the flashy Prohibition mobster, complete with a $5,000 dia mondstudded belt buckle. The shot that almost certainly would have killed him, rip ping through his intestines, hit that belt buckle and ricocheted away, says a man who remembers the incident. And, capping all, William J. Brennan 3d (the son of the Supreme Court Justice) remarked in a speech in December, 1968, that number of legislators were entirely too comfortable with organized crime. This is what I think is happening in our society to day.. Ricciardi later won early release from prison in 2001 by working as a police informant, providing information about cases, including a case involving a fire at Seton Hall University that killed three students. Quiet Kenilworth neighborhood sees arrest of soldier in the Genovese crime family, three others in organized crime sweep, Fourteen N.J. residents are among suspected mobsters arrested today in federal operation, FBI arrests more than 100 suspected mobsters in N.J., New York City. Throughout the drama of Lacey's speech, Angelo DeCarlo sits impas sively, to all appearances the most unflappable man in the courtroom. Charlie "Bug" Workman was convicted of the fatal shooting in 1941 on what the Trenton Evening Times reported was largely the testimony of two former mob enforcers. The money for this gambit in high finance all cashhad been obtained, Lacey says, from Angelo DeCarlo, variously known as Ray and the Gyp, who is identified as a capo in the Jersey Mafia family formerly headed by the late Vito Genovese. (FBI photo). Rather, there were 16 separate indictments involving many different cases which officials said all came together at about the same time, including the arrest of the entire leadership of the Colombo family. I'm also fascinated by Ruggiero Richie The Boot Boiardo. Vincent Craparotta was beaten to death with golf clubs at a car dealership in Toms River after he tried to protect his nephews from a mob extortion scheme. People said [everyone] from Sam DeCavalcante to Carlo Gambino. Freed after 16 months at Bordentown, the Boot re turned to his old racket leader ship in the First Ward, and he and Longie evidently agreed to divide Newark between them; the law remained bystander. The Lilley commission's report in February, 1968, was a shocker. And rumors soon began circulating that wit nesses had seen the Boot, as big as life, circulating in his old Newark haunts, especially at night and on weekends. There was another consid eration. Michael Salvatore Taccetta (born September 16, 1947), also known as "Mad Dog," is a high-ranking member of the Lucchese crime family, who controlled the family's New Jersey faction in the 1980s.[1]. Few peo ple in Newark had any doubt that the witch who had per formed this magical deed was Longie Zwillman, and there was a terrific hullabaloo that included a number of indict ments. The reve lation came when of the boys got together in Sam's of fice to talk over the finer points of murder. The arrests marked the largest federal mob takedown in history. Photo via, diminished over time for a variety of reasons, bonds between cocktails and organized crime, caught on an FBI wiretap comparing themselves, politicians like him weren't always so afraid of being up front about this stuff. He captures and holds all eyes. So I got a crowbar this big, Ray. The jurors are brought in. "The old mob remains a criminal enterprise, but isnt what it once was. After decades of scandals, after the sputtering of innumerable exposs that have fizzled like pieces of punk in a cloudburst, Newark has once more been propelled into the spotlight as a graphic study in mob rule and politi cal corruption. (The Star-Ledger). As for the future, he says flatly: I do not entertain any political ambitions. Nicknamed "Jimmy Sinatra," Craparotta had been a "prominent gambling operative" with connections to the Lucchese crime family, investigators said. Before you go up there DECARLO: The big iron grate. He is wearing a shapeless gray suit with a light brown sweater under the coat to guard against the winter's chill. Class of 1985. He later established a similar soup kitchen at a Catholic church. I don't think they know what they're letting themselves in for, he's a dynamo, said one of his law partners when Lacey was appointed. He became the boss of New Jerseys only homegrown mafia family, the Elizabeth-area family. Beds. They're listed with nicknames like "Knuckles" and . So the vital question raised by the current Newark probe is this: Will the public be stirred from its decadeslong apathy by the flood of indict ments and the insidethemob revelations? I think its the same thing with Sopranos. Underboss Casso was allowed wide control by his friend Amuso and became paranoid, murdering several mobsters he feared were disloyal. Attorneys from New York, New Jersey and Rhode Island, representatives of the FBI, and other law enforcement agencies. [6], In the early 1990s, the entire New Jersey faction's administration was put on trial, including the elder Accetturo, who had been imprisoned due to the contract both Taccetta and Amuso had put on his life in the late 1980s. More than 20 indictments have been returned against public officials over the years; officials have been criticized and censured; business firms and contractors doing busi ness with the city have been indicted. NEWARK Federal prosecutors have announced the arrest of 10 members and associates of the DeCavalcante organized crime family in New Jersey. Some mobsters came in and killed him right there in the middle of the restaurant. I was struck by Angelo Gyp Decarlo in part because of his relationship to Richard Nixon, which reminds us that politicians like him weren't always so afraid of being up front about this stuff. What you might have accomplished in a few years as U. S. Attorney could well be the one thing in your life would be proud of., This conversation with Sutherland, Lacey says, pried my thinking and had a lot to do with changing my mind.. I don't really care.. After the conviction of Anthony Corallo in 1986, and the murder of his protg Anthony "Buddy" Luongo, Brooklyn, New York faction leaders Vittorio "Vic" Amuso and Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso chose themselves as the new Lucchese bosses. As recently as 2015, FBI wiretaps and recordings by an undercover agent captured members of the Elizabeth-grown DeCavalcante crime family discussing a plot to kill a rival. What do you think he finally did to me? Governor Hughes, who left office Jan. 20, and many legal experts and con cerned citizens have been aroused by this action, ap palled at the damage that may be done to innocent persons through the publi cation of the chitchat of gangsters. Authorities quickly feared the worst, and weeks later, the former boxer wasfound floating in a bag in the Hackensack River with gunshot wounds to the back of his head. In 1905 A.D. it became part of Newark. "We have charged mob associates and mob bosses alike, including the former boss of La Cosa Nostra operations in New England; the street boss, acting underboss, and consigliere of the Colombo family; and the Gambino family consigliere and a member of that familys ruling panel," said U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. Great memories, Great times.great friends (some gone but will never be forgotten). https://www.nytimes.com/1970/02/01/archives/the-people-v-the-mob-or-who-rules-new-jersey-the-people-v-the-mob.html. Anthony Alfano, 76, of Union, and Tonino Colantonio, 32, John Hartmann, 41, and Guiseppe Pugliese, 32, all of Kenilworth, were charged with conspiracy counts linked to illegal gambling. And in a court memorandum filed today, prosecutors said Dehmer was not above threatening physical violence, noting one intended victim who had failed to pay off a gambling debt. The man who takes these attitudes remains something of a conundrum to many. Law enforcement, Lacey feels, is primarily the respon sibility of the localities and the states; it is not a job for Federal authority alone. Then all I want to do is to return to my private trial practice in New York and New Jersey.. Wire services reported Russo's lawyer and staff at the Harbor Island Spa in Long Branch found the 62-year-old covered in blood and surrounded by stuffed cats and pictures of real ones when they entered his room on April 26, 1979. He has a heavy face a long, sharp nose and a shelving chin; and when he waddles out into the corridor among his waiting henchmen, his lips curve around a big cigar in an almost cherubic smile. When Craparotta was beaten to death in June 1984 in the garage bay of a Toms River car dealership, State Police told reporters they had a pretty good idea why. From 1895 -1905 A.D. this area became the Borough of Vailsburg. Schultz had taken up residence at the Robert Treat Hotel in Newark in an attempt to avoid Dewey's scrutiny, and wanted the prosecutor out of his way. Throughout the nine teenforties and into the fifties until the Kefauver investi gation threw a wrench into the machinery the Mafia families of New York and New Jersey had run a verita ble capital of crime in nuke's Restaurant, opposite the Pali sade Amusement Park. Stefano Badami, John D'Amato, Louis LaRasso, Joe "Nodder" Sodano. The charge was that the AdonisMoretti combine had paid Harold John Adonis, a clerk in Gov. Relevant instruction in political science today is going to have to be aimed at getting at the roots, at showing and explaining the decaying moral fiber of those who are elected to office, those who are in law enforce ment. Little Pussy and Ray the Gyp agreed that Richie the Boot was a nut because he disposed of not only the bodies that resulted from his own business endeavors, but also those that any other mob chief chose to pass on. The one thing about the New Jersey mafioso is that generally a lot of them have done most of their work in New York. He was identified as a career criminal offender and an associate of other criminal offenders. Apartment rent in Lower Vailsburg has increased by 1.9% in the past year. If our system is to survive, there must also be people who are willing to fight, willing to op pose, this kind of corrup tion. , See the article in its original context from. Michael and Martin Taccetta were given 25 years for racketeering, narcotics, extortion, loansharking, conspiracy and murder in 1993. 09/05/14 04:31 PM. Because of the bad relations between the two factions in Philadelphia's crime family, and Taccetta and Accetturo exploiting the situation, the relationship between Philadelphia and the Five Families worsened. Accetturo was put in charge of the North Jersey faction of the Luccheses, and Taccetta became his top protg. Calabro, a New York Police Department detective, was fatally shot near his home in Saddle River in 1980 in what authorities alleged was a hit ordered by Sammy The Bull Gravano, an underboss in the Gambino crime family. Taccetta was chosen by Accetturo to run day-to-day activities in Newark. His fatal fall from power came in 1951, after Morettis criminal associates became worried about his chattiness during an appearance before a U.S. Senate committee investigating organized crime. ", By Ted Sherman and Steve Strunsky/The Star-Ledger. Afterthe Soprano crime family made its debut on HBO 19 years ago, Tony and company's malicious streak drew rebukes from some critics who argued the show was too violent. The Federal prosecutor goes into his opening address, and it quickly becomes apparent that the business with the lectern was just a bit of expert stage managing. The two cousins were described as being 'inseparable' during the 1960s. The reasons go back to the Newark riot of 1967. But it's nothing on the scale of 40 or 50 years ago, when taking kickbacks from made guys was just how mayors got things got done. Though he stood mute in open court as the DeCarlo defense fought public disclosure, he is known to have strongly favored full publicity. Second, it corrupts unions and makes a mockery of the collective bargaining concept. (Amanda Brown/The Star-Ledger), FBI agents escort one of more than 100 suspects arrested in New Jersey, New York and other locations on the East Coast in January 2011 as part of the largest national-level organized crime takedown in the bureau's history. Just how ineffectual the law was during this period was illustrated in 1939, when Richie got into difficulties with the State Alcoholic Bev erage Control office. Frederick Lacey, a young assistant U. S. Attor ney, inherited the chore of prosecuting both Harold Adonis and Albert Anastasia, and he got convictions against both. And the Democrats, almost to registered 587. He entered the federal witness protection program after his release from prison. He kind of carried himself with a little bit of sophistication if you look at the way he dressed. All rights reserved (About Us). There was, however, nothing benevolent about him when the issue was a test of underworld power; and this fact Richie the Boot Boiardo was to learn at great expense. Nine years before he was gunned down at a resort in Monmouth County, Genovese crime family member Anthony Russo had refused to testify about mob activity before the State Commission of Investigation. The answer is mixed. Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your California Privacy Rights (User Agreement updated 1/1/21. There was never any proof of such a deal, but events frequently lent credence to the rumors. Justice Department officials said those charged were connected to all five New York-based crime families: the Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese and Lucchese families, along with the New Jersey-based Decavalcante family and New Englands Patriarca crime family. Sources later told the Jersey Journal and The New York Times that Ricci may have been killedat the direction of a Genovese boss in New Jersey for refusing to take a plea deal in the case. His decomposing body was later found in the trunk of a car. During the trial, both Taccetta and Accetturo agreed that it wasn't the right time for a war. Major federal busts of the Bonanno and Gambino families earlier this month and the DeCavalcante family in 2015 suggest theres theres still a fair amount of Mafia activity in New York and New Jersey. They were oddly contrasting types. Before the day is out, Judge Shaw will make the transcript public. [citation needed], On March 21, 1980, the boss of the Philadelphia crime family Angelo "Gentle Don" Bruno was shot to death, in the aftermath of which the double dealing Funzi Tieri of the Genovese LCN had "The Commission" support the murder of all those involved in the Bruno murder (though they had been encouraged to do the same by Tieri). But prison was not the tough ordeal for the Boot that it is for most. The outburst lasted for days, left 26 persons dead and inflicted property damage estimated at $10.4 million. Its like The Godfatherwho was he based on? FRED J. COOK is the author of The Secret Rulers, a study of the organiza tion of the Mafia. He lived in Florham Park, New Jersey before his incarceration. A lot of the New Jersey wise guys who might have had a lot of influence and might have been a lot more powerful just kind of stayed under the radar a bit. He was known as the Al Capone of Newark. But suddenly this all changed. When a bigtime mobster gets in deep trouble, something almost invariably happens. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. Class of 1988. Some of the tips obviously come from crackpots, but there have been, nevertheless, what would regard as a startling number of good leads., This is encouraging. 1977 and Ralph Perna Junior born c.a. When Richie recovered, he was sent to prison for 2 years because he had been car rying a gun himself when he was put upon on Broad Street. In exchange, Ricciardi received a 10-year sentence for each case. Where do you come down? One day baffled newsmen had difficulty get ting the point, and one of them said: Oh, don't mind him. This book builds on that canon of work. He was sentenced to prison around 1970 and pardoned by President Richard Nixon two years into his sentence. Jan. 20, 2011 -- More than 800 federal, state and local agents arrested over 100 suspected mobsters today from New York City to Italy in the single largest operation against the mob in the . Russo: That's what I'm try ing to tell you! It went like this: TONY BOY: How about the time we hit the little Jew RAY: As little as they are they struggle. It often seems like, when it comes to nonfictional characters, New York mafia figures get all the juice, all the attention. As Lacey speaks, there reposes in the courtroom behind the prosecu tion table what can only be described as a time bomb. 1969, John Perna born c.a. TONY BOY: The Boot hit him with a hammer. She described Michael to the media upon winning the lottery as an "oil company consultant. When he took it over, that was when the FBI was naming families by who was in charge, so it became known as the DeCavalcante family after Sam the Plumber. Essex County Prosecutor Joseph P. Lordi began an 18month grand jury investigation, and state legis lative hearings were held. "Its a louder message because all of us are doing it at the same time," he said. When the lid finally blew off, under the threat of a Fed eral investigation, it caused a scandal that rocked the New Jersey State House. Though this shabby industrial city of some 407,000 is estimated to be more than 60 per cent Ne gro and Spanishspeaking, there are many who feel that Imperiale just might win in such a contesta result that would certainly intensify the racial polarization of Newark. I flatly state that it will not even go into a muncipality unless and until it has bought its protection against raids and arrests.. Those defendants were charged with collecting "Christmas tribute" money from dockworkers after they received annual year-end bonuses. Michael is the godfather to his brother Martin's children as Martin is to his. Crystal Tomlin. Of course, the DeCavalcante family was caught on an FBI wiretap comparing themselves and certain people in their crime family to Sopranos characters, so I think the DeCavalcantes being a smaller hometown, New Jersey Mafia family kind of mirrors The Sopranos in that sense. In that case, Lacey says now, I found conditions shockingand I hadn't con sidered myself at all naive. But seldom has any one had the misfortune to be convicted. The tran scripts are records of conversations in which DeCarlo and his associates brag about having a stranglehold on the city of Newark and much of New Jersey. He owned a pretty wide portfolio of businesses by the time of death in the late 50s. Peter Calabro's 1980 slaying in Saddle River was linked years later to an infamous hitman for the Gambino crime family. Joseph Cocozza of the Essex County Prosecutor's staff testified, that he and his wife often dined with the Boot and the latter's wife, and he added: We have never con nected him with any gang in our work. The deputy police chief in Newark and the sergeant in charge of the morals squad added their voices to the chorus, testify ing that Richie was simply trying to earn an honest living.. You would never really associate Vito Genovese much with New Jersey, but he lived in New Jersey. However though regulations provided that prisoners must serve at least onethird of their sen tences before they could be considered for less rigorous confinementRichie the Boot was whisked away to the minimum security Borden town Prison Farm after only four months. The love affair proba bly never received greater public exposure than at the wedding of Tony Boy Boiardo in 1950. U. S. Attorney Frederick B. Laceya commanding 6 feet 4 and 225 pounds, a man who walks at a trotrises and asks Judge Robert Shaw: Your Honor, may I use the lectern? Here are some of the most notorious instances where organized crime has been blamed for bloodshed in the Garden State: The killing of mobster Dutch Schultz in Newark captured headlines across the country in 1935. (The Jersey Journal). The scuttlebutt of the times was that Longie Zwillman requested just one little favor from gubernatori al candidates who benefited from his largesse the right to name, or at least to approve, the new Attorney General. The Nixon Adminis tration came to office on the cry of law and order and a pledge to fight crime. Paul J. Fishman, the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, said the cases were put together to show the breadth and scope that organized crime still is able to muster. Carol was deemed the '100th Millionaire' by the State Lottery Commission, since it began holding the lottery in 1969. 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