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  • 29 indicted in trash hauling scam (mob boss, trash hauler, former mayor), Hockey team accused

    06/10/2006 5:59:36 PM PDT · by Libloather · 19 replies · 2,987+ views
    New Haven Register ^ | 6/10/06 | Phil Helsel
    29 indicted in trash hauling scamPhil Helsel, Register Staff 06/10/2006 NEW HAVEN — A federal grand jury Friday indicted 29 people — including Danbury garbage magnate James Galante and former Waterbury Mayor Joseph Santopietro — who prosecutors allege participated in a mob-backed scheme to divide up Connecticut’s trash-hauling industry. Operators of refuse firms in Cheshire and North Branford were among those named in the indictment. Galante, 53, allegedly ordered his trash carting companies to pay a "mob tax" to Genovese crime family boss Matthew "Matty the Horse" Ianniello to enforce the scheme, in which trash haulers divvied up customers among...