Posted on 08/15/2012 12:56:49 PM PDT by AtlasStalled
The feds have charged so-called "gentleman gambler" Joseph "Joe Vito" Mastronardo, his wife Joanna, their son Joey, and Joe Vito's brother John, with twelve others for their alleged roles in a multimillion dollar gambling and money laundering operation as reported by George Anastasia for The Inquirer: "the Mastronardo brothers, legendary figures in the sports betting business, have long been targets of law enforcement."
Joanna is the daughter of the late Frank Rizzo who was police commissioner and then mayor of Philadelphia during the 1960s and 1970s, and "lawyer Martin Weinberg, the closest adviser to Rizzo for 20 years, said Rizzo was 'not real happy' about his daughter's marriage but generally kept his feelings to himself" as reported by Bob Warner and George Anastasia for The Inquirer.
In April 2010 the FBI unearthed about $1 million in cash from the grounds of the Mastronardo estate in Abington, PA.
The Democratic Party is a criminal conspiracy.
The government takes a dim view of anyone muscling in on its business.
Frank Rizzo was a Republican.
He was later in life, but he was a Democrat for most of his career.
Joanna Mastronardo, husband Joseph "Joe Vito" Mastronardo, and son Joseph…
(ELIZABETH ROBERTSON / Staff…)
Well they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night.
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