For ten years, starting in the court action against Vittorio Amuso, he testified at numerous trials against the mob, including the 1997 one against Vincent Gigante, head of the Genovese crime family. [17] Casso turned down the promotion to boss and instead suggested that Amuso become the new boss. It seems that the only people the Government awards freedom to are the ones who give prejudiced testimony to win convictions. The power base of the family, long cemented in Harlem and the Bronx, swung over to the Brooklyn faction, by far the most violent and unpredictable bunch of thugs and killers in the clan, with Anthony Casso as perhaps the worst by far. What is so surprising is that the bronx crew did not start a war with the brooklyn faction ala "Crazy Joe Gallo". [61], Gregory O'Connell later told Jerry Capeci that the decision not to use Casso as a witness was made in the Valachi Suite, while Casso, "with apparent delight", gleefully laughed as he described how he buried alive a young drug smuggling associate in the Florida Everglades. Kaplan said in court papers that when he was released on bail last year he decided "the Casso family had lived for free in my house long enough.". "[26], For example, in the infamous "whack Jersey order", Amuso and Casso ordered Al D'Arco and the Vario Crew to murder the Lucchese family's entire Jersey Crew, after caporegime Anthony Accetturo refused a direct order to increase the family's share of their profits. And what a story. The bulk of the products were made-up in Chinatown, so there was a constant movement back and forth between the garment district located mainly between 34th and 39th Streets and the makers located south of Canal Street, three miles down the island. At the same time, though, Casso was found to have lied about how much money he possessed. Andimo had risen through the ranks to be powerful enough to apparently sit on the board of directors of the mob family, a group referred to as the administration. He was also very tight with many powerful Cosa Nostra figures, including Vito Genovese, who replaced Frank Costello as the head of their family, in 1957. 15 of the best Quotes By Anthony Casso | Quoteikon While D'Arco was named to this panel, he remained certain that Amuso and Casso no longer trusted him. At 11am on May 14th, Frances went to the 11th Precinct on 215th Street in Bayside, and filed Form 336, the New York Police Departments missing person report. The clip was to be carried out on a Saturday morning. Kelly Sasso, Bio, Age, Husband, Marriage, Affair, Net Worth "I consider myself to be a better man than most of the people on the streets these days". [CDATA[ [13], When Furnari was promoted to the Lucchese family's consigliere, he asked Casso to take over the 19th Hole Crew. Casso gave D'Arco a list of phone booth numbers and secret addresses and informed D'Arco that he was in charge of the Lucchese crime family until further notice. He broke his blood oath and become a government witness, by his own account, to protect his family. He is currently serving several life sentences. Facing charges that would have all but assured he would die in prison, he continued ordering hits outside, but also began making escape plans. As such he was often identified as a homicidal maniac. Casso finalized a plea agreement at a hearing on March 1, 1994, where he pleaded guilty to 70 crimes, including racketeering, extortion and 15 murders.