Mr. Nocella served as a prosecutor in the Eastern District from 1991 to 1995, a stint during which he helped the office win a conviction against Vittorio Amuso, the head of the Lucchese crime family.

During a stint as an assistant United States attorney in the Eastern District from 1991 to 1995, Mr. Nocella won convictions against a married couple who stole $35 million from large banks, and ...

Lucchese Named after 1950 boss Tommy Lucchese, who joined the Gambino family to gain a monopoly on mob activity in New York, the family has been one of the most powerful crime gangs in America. But it ...

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — THE EDNY ON THURSDAY DENIED THE REQUEST OF NOTORIOUS LUCHESE FAMILY MAFIA BOSS Vittorio Amuso for compassionate release from prison after spending 31 years of a life sentence ...

Vittorio 'Vic' Amuso was sentenced to life in prison back in 1992 after being convicted on multiple counts of racketeering, murder in aid of racketeering, and bribery.

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — THE EDNY ON THURSDAY DENIED THE REQUEST OF NOTORIOUS LUCHESE FAMILY MAFIA BOSS Vittorio Amuso for compassionate release from prison after spending 31 years of a life sentence ...

Vittorio “Vic” Amuso, 88, argued that what was left of his health was crumbling away in federal prison. but Judge Frederic Block rejected his request to spend his final days home with family.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — In the spring of 1991, Lucchese crime family boss Vittorio “Vic” Amuso ordered a hit on a capo he accused of turning rat. In a hail of gunfire outside a Fort Wadsworth ...

Vittorio (Vic) Amuso is pictured in a 1977 mugshot. “Simply put, justice is not built on getting even, and punishment need not be aimlessly held in perpetuity because it was once a legally ...