Originally Posted by Giacomo_Vacari
It has been rumored that Joseph Vicari San Jose Underboss had the most pull in the city until his death in 1957. He operated a counterfeit ring that included Sacramento in the late 1920's till he was arrested with Salvatore Messino in 1934, put money on the streets during the 1940's and ran illegal gambling in the 1950's. When he pasted on I believe the gambling went to the Trifiro's of San Francisco to the dismay of the associates that ran the gambling, this was due most likely to Abati and Sciortino agreeing that Oakland(which SJ allegedly had some gambling, prostitution, and Narcotics in the city) would belong to San Francisco as Abati having finale say in the Sacramento area, while SJ would control Redwood City and Hayward, and have access to William Remmer associate in Reno.

Mario Filippi a SF mobster was alleged to run a brothel in Sacramento before he was killed in the late 1920's. Vinzenco Infusino had money on the street in the city and allegedly ran a wire room which later on, Los Angeles member Mike Rizzitello took over. Anthony Vicari, brother to Joseph Vicari, was seen in 1949 going into a West Sacramento brothel for a couple of minutes before leaving with an envelope, the only way they identified him was through the license plate of his car. The officers were following a couple of burglars when they noticed Vicari and the envelope.

Hello everybody, I'm new here, so forgive me for resurrecting an old thread. I've been researching the mob in California's bay area the last couple years, collecting as much info as I can, but when I come across new information I can't corroborate, I can't help but to question its source...

Where did all of this information on Giuseppe/Joseph Vicari come from? I haven't found most of this info anywhere else, aside from counterfeiting in 1934. It's quite interesting, so I'm reaching out with the hope that you can help me confirm, or provide some kind of proof, of the above. I have many more questions in my queue, as I've been lurking for years, but figured I'd start with this. Thanks in advance.