D'Agostino was a native of Providence, Rhode Island where he was associated with the Patriarca crime family. He allegedly moved to California after Providence capo Nicholas Bianco spit in his face over a dispute. In July 1987, D'Agostino pleaded guilty to the cocaine charges and said it was the government informants, Lawrence and Anthony Fiato, who supplied him with the cocaine he eventually sold to an FBI ☀ U.S. District Judge Ferdinand F. Fernandez on Monday rejected the motion, calling D'Agostino "anything but a person being put upon," and sentenced him to six years in prison. agent.