Two Members of the Philadelphia La Cosa Nostra Family Charged in Second Superseding Indictment (U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2012)

Press release of April 26, 2012 announcing a second superseding indictment against 14 defendants in the Philadelphia LCN case, adding two North Jersey men and a charge of theft from a Teamsters benefit fund. Charges are allegations.

Date: 2012-04-26
Kind: press-release
Source: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania (archived release)
Retrieved: 2026-10-12
Rights: A press release of the United States Department of Justice. A federal work, public domain in the United States under 17 U.S.C. § 105.

Press release of April 26, 2012. “A second superseding indictment was unsealed today against 14 members and associates of the Philadelphia organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra (LCN), including its current acting boss and underboss.” Two men from northern New Jersey were added and charged with racketeering conspiracy.

The indictment added two charges against the alleged acting boss relating to theft from an employee benefit plan administered by the Teamsters Health and Welfare Fund of Philadelphia and Vicinity. According to the release, the indictment “alleges that some of the defendants continued their racketeering activities even after being sent to prison,” using intermediaries.

These are the indictment’s allegations as the release summarizes them.

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