Posted on 10/23/2025 3:10:54 PM PDT by bitt
The son of a legendary mafia capo, a newbie made man and a mobster who did time for an infamous Queens racial attack were among the 13 reputed mobsters busted alongside NBA stars in a sweeping historic gambling bust, according to a new federal indictment.
Among the most prominent of the gangsters who were dealt into the high-stakes scams is Angelo Ruggiero Jr, the son of the late Gambino captain Angelo “Quack Quack” Ruggiero Sr.
Ruggiero Jr’s father was close friends with notorious Gambino boss John Gotti, who helped plan the murder of Gambino leader Paul Castellano in 1985.
When Gotti became head of the crime family, he promoted Ruggiero, who later acted as a liaison for the family while Gotti stood trial for murder in 1992.
The gangster — who earned his ducky nickname because of his penchant for talking a lot and who did things like threaten to feed people to sharks — became infamous because the feds picked him up on wiretaps complaining about his mob bosses and used his comments in case against Castellano.
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Ahh, yes ... Ange, who could not keep his mouth shut. The one thing that kept him alive was friendship with Gotti, who eventually had had enough.
A pic of Angelo Sr., Gotti, and some sidekick but no picture of Ruggiero Jr. who was the whole point of the article?
I would think “Quack Quack” would not be a good street name to be known by in the outfit.
I wonder how long the investigation has been going on.
Must be back to the Biden administration at least.
Must be Letitia James was too busy prosecuting President Trump, falsifying mortgage loans, and doxxing ICE Agents online to notice that members of the Bonanno, Gambino, Genovese and Lucchese Mafia families were back operating in New York City.
A strip club connected to Gotti had an NBA scandal a few decades ago. Back in the days of Reggie Miller and Patrick Ewing. I think Ewing had to testify.
“I would think “Quack Quack” would not be a good street name to be known by in the outfit.”
Anyone joking about his name would have been fed to the sharks.
Who the hell cares.
NBA=large black men exerting themselves . . . occasionally.
the mob has always been involved in sports’ betting.
Was that the guy that Al Pacino played in “Donny Brasco”?
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