vinadado crime family isn t portrayed. but prosecutors are portraying him as the mastermind of the crime portrayed in the movie by robert de niro. star witness in the prosecution, 37 years later, the defendant s own cousin who wore a wire and recorded asaasaro, a member of crime family, too. who turned to prosecutors after believing he didn t get enough loot. he actually stormed into the warehouse and helped take millions out. as asaro could be seen in court sayinging liar he remembers packages of money that contained $125,000 in 100 dollar bills,