Legal Opinion
United States v. DiGiacomo
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided August 3, 1990No. Crim. 90-10065-WfPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WOLF, District Judge.
I. SUMMARY
This case arises from an impressive undercover operation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) from 1983 to 1987, and from the apparently unprecedented electronic surveillance of a La Cosa Nostra (“LCN”) or Mafia induction ceremony on October 29, 1989. The evidence preliminarily indicates that the defendant Biagio DiGiacomo is a “Capo Regime,” or “Captain,” in the alleged Patriar-ca family of the LCN. It appears that the defendant Anthony “Spucky” Spagnolo is a “Soldier” in that family.
In February, 1987 DiGiacomo and…
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