Bottom of the barrel ? Lol , not with that union / client base

These guys had big sports and shy books . I've always said here the bars is where half this business originate from .

Santoro had millions in sports and shy so he was definately making major cash and whoever else chipped into the bank . Now I agree the collectors for these guys made shit and were prolly the ones looking to sell pills , make a few $ on each , just to live , that's how you start , but bank guys were making $ and still are . Plus you can still extort to some extent in that area , not like before where everyone pays but small dealers , pizza parlors , few bars here in there , ya know

also not to mention a scam I have seen first hand is these guys will own a few restaurants and skim the tip $ from the bartenders . My poor friend was losing $200 a week and that's just 1 person but it was Genovese protected so nothing he could really do , tho my friend took a $2k loan for gambling debt one week , the jerk off owner took it right from his pay , my friend complied for like 6 or 7 weeks , then I told him just to bounce and never go back which he did and nothing happened . This was at a good Bloomfield place , i still go tho lol

he might wind up regretting this-

http://nypost.com/2014/07/16/reputed-mob-boss-accused-of-peddling-viagra-rejects-plea-deal/

I dunno, Delly.

Generally speaking, in this day and age I agree that you have to be crazy not to deal when the Feds label it an LCN case. But in Santora's case, he probably figures it's a death sentence either way.

It almost reminds me of the Gambino case where Cuban Pete the Super Agent put them all in jail. They pretty much all pleaded out except for Greg DePalma. I forget what they offered him, but he knew he'd never survive either way. The guy had recurring cancers for the last dozen or so years of his life, plus he had all kinds of breathing problems. That wasn't an act at that point.

So five years or ten years, he figured it didn't make a difference. I'm just guessing here, but I think that's probably how Santora's looking at it.

ya i posted this after only reading the headline(never a good idea), but now that i see they only offered him a year less then the mandatory minimum he might as well take a shot.