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Steven Mazzone, 59, of Philadelphia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Officials stated that a Pennsylvania man was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison for conspiring in a racketeering enterprise, including making extortionate extensions of credit and conducting an illegal gambling business.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to court documents, Steven Mazzone, 59, of Philadelphia, was the underboss of the Philadelphia organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra (LCN), aka the \u201cmafia.”\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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He directed a vast network of criminal activity that spanned Philadelphia and parts of New Jersey. <\/span><\/p>\n

As the underboss, Mazzone set rules for LCN members and associates in the Philadelphia mafia and collected profits from illegal activity that was siphoned upward through the LCN command structure. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Mazzone also organized the composition of smaller groups of members and associates, or \u201ccrews,\u201d which reported to middle managers, or \u201ccapos,\u201d who in turn reported to Mazzone.<\/span><\/p>\n

The investigation utilized court-ordered wiretap interceptions of cell phones used by LCN members and associates to conduct illegal sports betting and loansharking in the Philadelphia area. <\/span><\/p>\n

The wiretap evidence established that Mazzone financed high-interest loans to customers of the sportsbook who were unable to pay their debts, resulting in the collection of loans with interest rates as high as 264%. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"LCN members and associates made threatened debtors who did not pay with violence, including one threat to make a victim \u201cdisappear\u201d for nonpayment on a loan.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEven though the Philadelphia mob has been weakened over the decades due in large part to persistent law enforcement, the LCN and its criminal activities are still very much a problem and are damaging the communities in which it operates,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. \u201cThe U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office is committed to prosecuting anyone who is committing serious federal crimes like these, and we will not rest until the mob is nothing but a memory that lives on in movies.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe FBI is dedicated to eliminating transnational organized crime groups like La Cosa Nostra who continue to threaten our national and economic security,\u201d said Assistant Director Luis Quesada of the FBI\u2019s Criminal Investigative Division.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"tuftedThis case represents Mazzone\u2019s second federal conviction for criminal activity in connection with the LCN. He had previously committed similar offenses in Philadelphia over 20 years ago as an inducted member of the Philadelphia mafia. <\/span><\/p>\n

In 2000, Mazzone was convicted of conspiracy to commit racketeering and illegal sports bookmaking. <\/span><\/p>\n

In that case, Mazzone was captured on intercepted wiretap conversations discussing extortion. <\/span><\/p>\n

One of the victims was shot and seriously injured during the extortion. Mazzone was ultimately sentenced to nine years in prison for that conviction.<\/span><\/p>\n

The FBI, Pennsylvania State Police, and Philadelphia Police Department investigated the case.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trial Attorney Alexander Gottfried of the Criminal Division\u2019s Organized Crime and Gang Section and Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jonathan Ortiz and Justin Ashenfelter for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania prosecuted the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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