Mario Riccobene

Mario "Sonny" Riccobene (1933-1993, New Jersey)[1] was a member of the Philadelphia crime family. He later became a federal witness after his son committed suicide with the fear of being killed from Nicodemo Scarfo and his fellow gangsters.[2] He later returned to his old lifestyle and in 1993, was murdered by his old associates for cooperating as a government witness.[2] Riccobene had been in the witness protection program but eventually removed from the program because he was unable to follow the rules.[3]

Early life

Born in Philadelphia to Sicilian immigrant parents, he was the half- brother of Harold Riccobene. He joined the Bruno family in the 1950s, frequently working as a driver for Angelo Bruno.[1]

Criminal life

During the Bruno-Scarfo war, the violence was increasing and Mario was approached by Scarfo's consigliere Frank Monte[4] to "(turn) over his brother" but he refused. Riccobene ended up telling his brother. In May 1982, Monte was fatally shot in response.[1]

In 1983, he and Harry were convicted of racketeering. He was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in jail and a $10,000 fine.[1]

gollark: You can postpone mine. I like game theory.
gollark: I mean, Scratch less so.
gollark: Another somewhat problematic thing with Scratch (and the government here's "micro:bits", small single board computers which connect via USB and have a 5x5 LED matrix and a bunch of pins, and which they gave out to all students in my year a while back) is that they end up implying to you that you can only program things on dedicated special environments.
gollark: I think my suggested things would be more actually-useful to people.
gollark: <@241757436720054273> I guess Scratch may teach that a bit (though often you'll just be made to blindly follow a tutorial for "learn to code" stuff) but it doesn't teach it very *well* because it's generally lacking in useful constructs.

References
  1. La Cosa Nostra
  2. He Dared To Die Mob 'Snitch' Slain In N.j. M. Riccobene Spurned Fbi Protection
  3. Slaying Raises Fear Of Return Of Riccobene-scarfo Warfare After Violence Between Mob Factions Claimed Two Riccobenes, Mario Became a Government Witness. He Testified Against His Half Brother, Harry.
  4. WITNESSES TESTIFY ABOUT MAFIA LIFE
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