Louis Ricco

Louis Ricco (born February 13, 1929), also known as "Louie Bracciole" is a longtime member of the Gambino crime family, holding the rank of caporegime with illegal activities in the Bronx, New York, New Jersey and Brooklyn, New York. Regarding Ricco's nickname, "bracciole" is an Italian beef dish.

FBI surveillance photograph of Louis Ricco

Louis Ricco was recognized as a caporegime with a crew based in the Bronx since the early 1980s, under the leadership of Paul "Big Paul" Castellano. Ricco resides in Lodi, New Jersey.

On January 21, 1998, Ricco, Junior Gotti, and 38 other Gambino mobsters were indicted on federal racketeering charges.[1] Ricco's charges stemmed from his illegal gambling and loansharking activities. Part of the evidence used against Ricco and Gotti was gathered from listening devices placed under dinner plates in a Queens restaurant.[2] On January 12, 1999, Ricco pleaded guilty to one count of loansharking and was sentenced to 43 months in the Federal Correctional Facility in Otisville.[3] In early 2001, Ricco was released from prison.

Operations in Jersey

On October 17, 2001, Ricco was indicted in New Jersey on third degree conspiracy and third degree promoting gambling. After pleading guilty to the gambling charge, he was sentenced to three years in state prison to run concurrently with his Federal sentence. On December 17, 2003, Ricco, a resident of Lodi, New Jersey, was excluded from the casinos in Atlantic City for his illegal gambling charges.[4]

Operations in the Bronx

As of 2007, Louis Ricco, is residing in the Bronx, where his illegal activities are illegal gambling, loansharking, extortion and racketeering. Apparently a top protégé of John "Jackie Nose" D'Amico. Ricco reportedly suffers from diabetes and hypertension.[5]

gollark: I MAY have to go back in time and erase "shingled magnetic recording" from existence.
gollark: They don't seem to have many WD disks in that.
gollark: Hmm. Perhaps seagate somewhat bad then.
gollark: ```ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 200 200 051 Pre-fail Always - 2 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 179 171 021 Pre-fail Always - 2033 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 001 001 000 Old_age Always - 168316 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 200 200 140 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x002f 200 200 051 Pre-fail Always - 0 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 079 079 000 Old_age Always - 15354 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 098 098 000 Old_age Always - 2564192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 320193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 088 088 000 Old_age Always - 336830194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 126 080 000 Old_age Always - 21196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 2200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0008 200 200 000 Old_age Offline - 0240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x0032 088 088 000 Old_age Always - 8931```Wow, this disk is in a great state.
gollark: I don't see why I would want dead ones.

References
  1. Smith, Greg B. (January 22, 1998). "JR. GOTTI'S MOB SCENE LESS-THAN-DAPPER INDICTMENT MAY CRUMBLE GAMBINO FAMILY". New York Daily News. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  2. Smith, Greg B. (February 10, 1998). "FBI ATE UP GOTTI TALK AT DINER, BUGS WERE A LA CARTE". New York Daily News. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  3. In Shift, "U.S. Reaches Deal For Plea by 3 In Gotti Case" By SELWYN RAAB New York Times January 12, 1999
  4. Exclusion List: Louis Ricco Archived 2006-01-14 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Attorney General's Office. Accessed December 9, 2007.
  5. "12-31-01" Rick Pourelle's American Mobster
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