November 17, 2017
Prosecutors shot back Thursday at convicted Lucchese crime family mobster Salvatore Pelullo's assertion they were aware his attorney had a conflict of interest due to the lawyer's own criminal investigation, telling a New Jersey federal judge they have emails that prove otherwise.
August 31, 2017
The Third Circuit Wednesday sent convicted mobster Salvatore Pelullo's case back to the district court to resolve if his trial attorney had been too distracted by his own investigation for money laundering to provide Pelullo an adequate defense.
June 06, 2017
The New Jersey U.S. Attorney's office asked Monday for the federal court to direct a convicted mobster's former lawyer, who has himself been convicted of money laundering, to answer questions after his former client claimed on appeal the lawyer had a conflict of interest while representing him.
September 13, 2016
A Pennsylvania attorney will spend two years in prison and pay $14.2 million in restitution after pleading guilty to assisting the Lucchese crime family with the alleged extortionate takeover and subsequent bankruptcy of a Texas mortgage lender, according to a filing entered in New Jersey federal court on Tuesday.
January 20, 2016
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered a $14 million fine and 30 years in prison for a New Jersey man who copped to his role in a $12 million Mafia-led extortion takeover that forced a mortgage lender's bankruptcy, according to prosecutors.
July 30, 2015
Two Texas brothers convicted for their roles in a $12 million Mafia-led extortion takeover that forced a mortgage lender's bankruptcy were sentenced to prison Tuesday in federal court in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced.
July 29, 2015
Another Lucchese crime family member convicted by a federal jury in New Jersey on racketeering and fraud charges for his role in a $12 million extortion takeover that forced a Texas mortgage lender into bankruptcy was sentenced to 30 years in prison Tuesday, the Department of Justice announced.
July 28, 2015
A Lucchese crime family member convicted by a federal jury in New Jersey for his role in a $12 million extortion takeover that forced a Texas mortgage lender's bankruptcy was sentenced to 30 years in prison Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced.
April 03, 2015
A reputed associate of the Lucchese crime family has asked a New Jersey federal judge for a hearing to get a new lawyer for his sentencing related to the $12 million looting of a mortgage lender, saying that his current counsel is not following his defense strategy.
March 24, 2015
A New Jersey federal judge on Tuesday refused to recuse himself from sentencing a reputed associate of the Lucchese crime family convicted in the $12 million looting of a mortgage lender, rejecting claims that his comments in another case gave the appearance of partiality.