Gennaro J. Angiulo
Convicted under RICO after an eight-month trial built on the FBI's 1981 surveillance of 98 Prince Street in Boston. The First Circuit, stating the trial evidence, calls him the underboss of the Patriarca Family. Boston police testimony of 1963 also names him.
- Aliases
- Jerry Angiulo
- Family
- Patriarca Family of La Cosa Nostra, in the First Circuit's statement of the trial evidence (1990)
- Role
- "the underboss of this organization, in charge of its day-to-day operations" (First Circuit, 1990, stating the facts on which the jury convicted)
- Rights
- Biography on this page is limited to what the cited federal records state.
On the record
- November 1962 — House Report 108-414 (2004) records in its chronology that Director Hoover authorized microphone surveillance of Jerry Angiulo, which began at Jay's Lounge, 255 Tremont Street, Boston, on January 9, 1963. The report is the source; the FBI memoranda it cites were not seen.
- 15 October 1963 — Boston Police Deputy Superintendent John T. Howland testified to the Senate subcommittee: "Gennaro 'Jerry' Angiulo: The oldest of six brothers who are all involved in controlling the largest single gaming operation within and without the city of Boston." Police testimony, not a finding.
- January–May 1981 — United States v. Cintolo, 818 F.2d 980 (1st Cir. 1987): the FBI monitored 98 Prince Street, premises "used by Gennaro Angiulo and his associates as a headquarters and office for the operation of illegal gambling and loansharking businesses."
- 10 January 1990 — United States v. Zannino, 895 F.2d 1 (1st Cir. 1990), on the trial evidence: "Gennaro Angiulo was at the apex of the criminal pyramid."
- 5 March 1990 — United States v. Angiulo, 897 F.2d 1169 (1st Cir. 1990), affirming his RICO conviction: "Gennaro Angiulo was the underboss of this organization, in charge of its day-to-day operations."
The family and role lines quote the First Circuit’s statement of the facts in an appeal that affirmed his conviction after trial. The 1988 opinion in 847 F.2d 956 also calls him “a known ‘underboss’ of the Patriarca Family.” The 1963 Boston police testimony is intelligence offered to a Senate subcommittee and is not a finding.
“Jerry” is the form used in the 1963 hearing and the House report. No opened record gives his birth or death date.
Records
itemUnited States v. Angiulo, 897 F.2d 1169 (1st Cir. 1990)First Circuit opinion of March 5, 1990 affirming the RICO convictions of Gennaro, Donato and Francesco Angiulo and Samuel Granito after an eight-month trial, with an account of the Patriarca Family's Boston operations taken from the 1981 surveillance.itemUnited States v. Zannino, 895 F.2d 1 (1st Cir. 1990)First Circuit opinion of January 10, 1990 affirming Ilario Zannino's convictions on two gambling counts and one extortionate-credit count, and his 30-year sentence, from the 1981 North End surveillance case.itemUnited States v. Angiulo, 847 F.2d 956 (1st Cir. 1988)First Circuit opinion of May 24, 1988 affirming the convictions of Jason Angiulo, John Cincotti and William Kazonis in a trial built on the FBI's 1981 surveillance at 98 Prince Street and 51 North Margin Street in Boston.itemUnited States v. Cintolo, 818 F.2d 980 (1st Cir. 1987)First Circuit opinion of May 1, 1987 affirming a Boston defense lawyer's conviction for conspiracy to obstruct justice. The case grew out of the FBI's 1981 court-authorized surveillance of an apartment at 98 Prince Street in Boston's North End.itemHearing, October 15, 1963: Boston Police testimony on the Boston half of Exhibit 53Boston Police Commissioner Edmund L. McNamara and Deputy Superintendent John T. Howland walked the Senate subcommittee through the Boston half of the Exhibit 53 chart, while saying they were not cognizant that the men were members of the Mafia or Cosa Nostra.itemEverything Secret Degenerates: The FBI's Use of Murderers as Informants, H. Rept. 108-414, vol. 1 (2004)Report of the House Committee on Government Reform on the FBI's use of Joseph Barboza, the Flemmi brothers and James Bulger as informants in Boston, with a long chronology. It quotes a 1967 Justice Department memorandum on the microphone at Raymond Patriarca's Providence office.itemUnited States v. Salemme, 91 F. Supp. 2d 141 (D. Mass. 1999)Judge Wolf's memorandum of September 15, 1999 setting out, after long hearings, the FBI's relationship with informants Stephen Flemmi and James Bulger, the 1981 bugging of 98 Prince Street and the 1989 Medford recording. Reversed in part in 2000.