Former US Attorney Rudolph Giuliani and FBI Director William Webster look at chart of The Commission of La Cosa Nostra during a press conference at which reputed godfathers of the nation s five most powerful Mafia families were indicted as overlords of The Commission in 1985. Bettmann/Getty Images
Members of the Gambino crime family pleaded guilty to money laundering and wire fraud, the DOJ said.
Some of the crimes were committed through CWC Contracting Corp, the family s carpentry company.
The defendants will pay over $1.6 million in penalties but have yet to be fully sentenced.
11 members of the Gambino organized crime family recently pleaded guilty to a bevy of crimes including racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering, and obstruction of justice, according to the Department of Justice.
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A dozen members and associates of the Gambino organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra admitted to multiple crimes, including racketeering conspiracy, fraud, obstruction of justice and related offenses for criminal activities throughout the New York metropolitan area committed as part of the illicit activities of the Gambino family.
One additional defendant pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return.
The defendants also agreed to pay $1.6 million in penalties.
The pleas were entered throughout the past week at federal court in Brooklyn.
According to court filings and facts presented during the guilty plea proceedings, Andrew Campos, age 51, of Scarsdale, and members of his crew carried out fraudulent schemes to infiltrate the construction industry and earn millions of dollars in criminal proceeds, in part through their operation of a carpentry company, CWC Contracting Corp.
A dozen members and associates of the Gambino organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra admitted to multiple crimes, including racketeering conspiracy, fraud, obstruction of justice and related offenses for criminal activities throughout .
A dozen members and associates of the Gambino organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra admitted to multiple crimes, including racketeering conspiracy, fraud, obstruction of justice and related offenses for criminal activities throughout .