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DiFiore has a criminal history that dates back to 1966. He was arrested for crimes ranging from kidnapping in the second degree, serious assault charges, to promoting gambling in the first degree, and buying and receiving stolen property. In 1970, DiFiore was convicted in New York state court of reckless endangerment in the second degree and received a sentence of conditional discharge. Massino said that he sponsored DiFiore for membership in the family and performed his induction ceremony in approximately 1985 or 1986.

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  • Thomas DiFiore
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  • DiFiore has a criminal history that dates back to 1966. He was arrested for crimes ranging from kidnapping in the second degree, serious assault charges, to promoting gambling in the first degree, and buying and receiving stolen property. In 1970, DiFiore was convicted in New York state court of reckless endangerment in the second degree and received a sentence of conditional discharge. Massino said that he sponsored DiFiore for membership in the family and performed his induction ceremony in approximately 1985 or 1986.
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  • DiFiore has a criminal history that dates back to 1966. He was arrested for crimes ranging from kidnapping in the second degree, serious assault charges, to promoting gambling in the first degree, and buying and receiving stolen property. In 1970, DiFiore was convicted in New York state court of reckless endangerment in the second degree and received a sentence of conditional discharge. By that time, DiFiore was a fulltime Bonanno Family associate of the crew led by capo Philip Giaccone. During the 1970s and 1980s, DiFiore was responsible for picking up thousands of dollars per month in protection money that various trucking companies based at JFK airport were paying the Bonanno family. DiFiore's capo "Phil Lucky" Philip Giaccone was murdered in 1981 as part of the infamous power struggle between a faction loyal to imprisoned boss Philip Rastelli and a faction comprised of Giaccone and two other captains. The plot played an integral part in the movie Donnie Brasco, starring Al Pacino and Johnny Depp. After Rastelli's faction had cleaned house, Joseph Massino emerged as the new power on the streets. He also became the man DiFiore ultimately reported to. We know this because Massino would later become the first Mafia boss to cooperate with the FBI and testify against his former underlings. Massino said that he sponsored DiFiore for membership in the family and performed his induction ceremony in approximately 1985 or 1986. According to Massino, somewhere between 1999 and 2000, Di Fiore's son had received a beating from bouncers at a topless bar. Another member of the Bonanno family, on Di Fiore’s behalf, asked Massino for permission for Di Fiore to kill the bouncers in retaliation. But the boss refused to grant DiFiore permission. Furthermore, Massino told the Feds, Di Fiore had proposed his son for membership in the Bonanno family. He had denied the proposal. A year later, in 2001, Di Fiore was convicted of federal extortion and was sentenced to 29 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
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