Nicholas Santora
A defendant in the 1982 Southern District of New York case against Napolitano and Ruggiero. In 2007 the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District announced a superseding indictment that, as the release describes it, charged him as the Bonanno family's "acting underboss."
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- This person may be living. The page is limited to charges as federal court records and Justice Department releases state them, and gives no personal details beyond them.
On the record
- 1982 — United States v. Napolitano, 552 F. Supp. 465 names "Nicholas Santora, a/k/a 'Nicky'" as a defendant in No. 81 Cr. 803, in which "The indictment charges that each defendant was a member or associate of a criminal enterprise, the Bonanno Family of La Cosa Nostra." Charge, as the court summarizes it.
- 6 February 2007 — The E.D.N.Y. release announces a superseding indictment of nineteen people, "including two members of the Bonanno family's administration – Bonanno family acting underboss Nicholas Santora and Bonanno family acting consigliere Anthony Rabito." The release says the charges "are merely allegations" and the defendants are presumed innocent. DOJ release.
The verdict in his 1982 trial is reported in the Second Circuit’s 1984 affirmance, United States v. Ruggiero, 726 F.2d 913, which is not filed on this page. No record filed here reports how the 2007 charges ended. The “acting underboss” description is the release’s account of an allegation; it is not used as a role or on the Bonanno family chart. The release prints his date of birth, which is left out.
Records
itemUnited States v. Napolitano, 552 F. Supp. 465 (S.D.N.Y. 1982)Judge Robert W. Sweet's pretrial rulings of January to July 1982 in the RICO case against Dominick Napolitano, Benjamin Ruggiero and others, charged as members or associates of "the Bonanno Family of La Cosa Nostra." The opinion records that "Ruggiero had been told that an FBI agent, Donnie Brasco, had infiltrated his activities."itemU.S. Attorney, E.D.N.Y.: release on the indictment of Nicholas Santora, Anthony Rabito and 17 others (February 6, 2007)The U.S. Attorney announces a superseding indictment of nineteen Bonanno members and associates, including "Bonanno family acting underboss Nicholas Santora and Bonanno family acting consigliere Anthony Rabito." Both men had been defendants in the 1982 Brasco trial.