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Boriello grew up in South Brooklyn, New York, surrounded by mobsters from the Gambino, Genovese, and Colombo crime families. His older brother Stevie was a close friend of neighborhood gangsters Joey Gallo, Albert Gallo and Frank Illiano, and after Joey's murder, Stevie was instrumental in securing the crew's South Brooklyn rackets. A burly, 6-foot, 3-inch man, Boriello was a feared enforcer for the Gallo gang. During his early days, Boriello was suspected in several gangland slayings, as well as involvement in extortion, loan sharking, and drug trafficking.

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  • Bartholomew Boriello
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  • Boriello grew up in South Brooklyn, New York, surrounded by mobsters from the Gambino, Genovese, and Colombo crime families. His older brother Stevie was a close friend of neighborhood gangsters Joey Gallo, Albert Gallo and Frank Illiano, and after Joey's murder, Stevie was instrumental in securing the crew's South Brooklyn rackets. A burly, 6-foot, 3-inch man, Boriello was a feared enforcer for the Gallo gang. During his early days, Boriello was suspected in several gangland slayings, as well as involvement in extortion, loan sharking, and drug trafficking.
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  • Boriello grew up in South Brooklyn, New York, surrounded by mobsters from the Gambino, Genovese, and Colombo crime families. His older brother Stevie was a close friend of neighborhood gangsters Joey Gallo, Albert Gallo and Frank Illiano, and after Joey's murder, Stevie was instrumental in securing the crew's South Brooklyn rackets. A burly, 6-foot, 3-inch man, Boriello was a feared enforcer for the Gallo gang. Between 1967 and 1972, Boriello was arrested six times, on charges of weapons possession, assault, larceny and gambling. when the gallo crew broke up following the murder of Joe Gallo in 1972, Boriello transferred to the Gambino crime family. In the 1980s, Boriello became a made man, or full member, in the Gambino crime family. He quickly developed close relationships with John Gotti, Salvatore Gravano and two brothers, Nicholas Corozzo and Joseph Corozzo. Boriello and Gotti would often spend weekends together on Long Island, New York, partying, gambling, and attending performances by singer Jay Black, a childhood friend of Gotti. Boriello owned a social club in the Carroll Gardens section of Brooklyn that was run by his brother Stevie. Boriello also conducted business at the One Over Golf Club, a social club in Carroll Gardens, operated by Gambino soldier Joseph "Joe Pits" Conigliaro, a paraplegic gangster involved in loan sharking and gambling in the neighborhood who was killed a few years ago. During his early days, Boriello was suspected in several gangland slayings, as well as involvement in extortion, loan sharking, and drug trafficking.
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