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| - Gerardo was born in Livingston, New Jersey and was a long time member of the Genovese family's New Jersey Faction, serving as a soldier in the crew of notorious Capo Ruggiero Boiardo. When Richie the Boot died in 1984, Gerardo succeeded him as Capo of the Newark crew. His crew specialized in gambling, loansharking and labor racketeering. Additionally, it has been alleged that Gerardo had made investments in large construction projects. He owned and operated several businesses, Antone Fashions, Lectricians, and TNT Contracting and Trucking Company.
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| - Gerardo was born in Livingston, New Jersey and was a long time member of the Genovese family's New Jersey Faction, serving as a soldier in the crew of notorious Capo Ruggiero Boiardo. When Richie the Boot died in 1984, Gerardo succeeded him as Capo of the Newark crew. His crew specialized in gambling, loansharking and labor racketeering. Additionally, it has been alleged that Gerardo had made investments in large construction projects. He owned and operated several businesses, Antone Fashions, Lectricians, and TNT Contracting and Trucking Company. Much like the other faction leaders in the Genovese organization, Gerardo was also the subject of a racketeering investigation and indictment. As a result of a two-year state undercover investigation, 16 people in Gerardo's faction were indicted on arson, gambling, loansharking, racketeering and theft charges in May, 1987. Those indicted were accused of operating a $20 million-a-year gambling ring in Newark, Manhattan and Staten Island, and of bilking a union health plan out of $3 million. Unfortunately, the resulting arrests and indictments against the faction did not have enough impact to warrant structural changes or cause permanent disruption of its illegal activities. In fact, it expanded its membership, particularly in the area of gambling. In order to fill vacancies left by those arrested, the group recruited bettors and others who were indebted to it to work as gambling operatives. This scheme had a two-fold benefit in that it was difficult for law enforcement to identify the new operatives, who also were able to work off their debts to the group.
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