i have read that modica, indeed made in sicily, worked under frank cali in ny in late 90s/ early 2000s before his exile to toronto. modica may have ruffled some feathers in ny and was sent to toronto under the protection or into crew of pietro scarcella. modica was loaned money by scarcella to put on street, modica instead chose to put cash, $200-300 000 into drug deals, mostly heroin. the drug deals proved higher risk and modica chafed under scarcellas leadership which over time led to the 2004 california sandwich shop shooting where innocent bystander louise russo was paralyzed for life.

the interesting part is how the status and allegiance of modica changed over time. most info has him as a member of sicilian mafia, more specific the bagheria cosca allied with scaduto family. he then moves to ny where he is put under frank cali allegedly and the gambinos. then from gambinos to toronto working with/under scarcella and by extension the montreal rizzuto crime family as scarcella by this time would have been allied with them, with vito being godfather to one of scarcellas children. after 2004 shooting and extradition/expulsion from canada modica eventually makes his way back to bagheria where after a prison sentence appears again in the juan ramon fernandez murder. although not convicted of any crimes related to said murder, modica is currently imprisoned for life on other charges.