Philip Testa
Named by the Third Circuit as underboss of the enterprise Angelo Bruno headed, and as Bruno's successor as boss in 1980. Killed by a bomb at his house in early 1981; FBI testimony gives March 18, 1981.
- Died
- 1981-03-18
- Aliases
- Phillip Testa
- Family
- The Philadelphia Mafia, in the Third Circuit's account of the trial record (1990)
- Role
- "underboss" of the enterprise Bruno headed (Third Circuit, 1983); Bruno's successor as boss (Third Circuit, 1990)
- Rights
- Biography on this page is limited to what the cited federal records state.
On the record
- 1972–1978 — United States v. Riccobene, 709 F.2d 214 (1983): "the 'underboss' was co-defendant Philip Testa."
- 1980 — Pungitore, 910 F.2d 1084: Bruno "was succeeded by Phillip Testa." FBI testimony of 1988: Testa "succeeded him and named Nicodemo Scarfo his underboss, and Frank Monte as consigliere."
- 18 March 1981 — FBI testimony to the Senate, 1988: "on March 18, 1981, they succeeded in detonating a bomb on Testa's front porch as he was returning home, and Testa was killed." Pungitore: he was "murdered by being blown up in his house in early 1981."
- 1983 — Riccobene: by the time of trial a number of the co-conspirators and defendants had been killed, "including Bruno, Testa."
The role line quotes two Third Circuit opinions stating the trial records. The date of death is from FBI testimony to the Senate; the Third Circuit says “early 1981.” “Phillip” is the Pungitore opinion’s spelling. No opened record gives his birth date.
Records
itemUnited States v. Riccobene, 709 F.2d 214 (3d Cir. 1983)Third Circuit opinion of May 20, 1983 on a RICO prosecution, built largely on FBI wiretaps at three Philadelphia locations from 1972 to 1978, of an enterprise the court says Angelo Bruno headed, with Philip Testa as underboss.itemUnited States v. Pungitore, 910 F.2d 1084 (3d Cir. 1990)Third Circuit opinion of August 1, 1990 affirming the RICO convictions of Nicodemo Scarfo and thirteen co-defendants from the 1988 Philadelphia trial, with the court's account of the family's succession from Angelo Bruno to Philip Testa to Scarfo.itemOrganized Crime: 25 Years After Valachi (1988): FBI and U.S. Attorney testimony on the Philadelphia familyPassages of the April 1988 Senate hearings in which FBI Deputy Assistant Director Anthony Daniels traced the Philadelphia LCN family from Salvatore Sabella to Nicodemo Scarfo, and U.S. Attorney Edward S. G. Dennis, Jr. described the killings after Angelo Bruno's death. Testimony, not findings.itemFBI Vault, Angelo Annaloro (Angelo Bruno), Part 01: Philadelphia teletypes on the March 1980 killingPart 01 of the FBI's five-part file titled "Angelo Annaloro (Angelo Bruno)": Philadelphia teletypes from March 22, 1980 captioned "GANGMURS ANGELO BRUNO" on the shooting of March 21, 1980, and later reports. Read from the viewer's OCR.