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A crew of grizzled and graying members of the Genovese crime family was hauled into Brooklyn court Thursday on charges they ran a lucrative off-shore sports gambling ring and engaged in loansharking.
Thirteen men — including alleged made member and ringleader Salvatore “Sallie” DeMeo, 76, one of two septuagenarians of the old-fellas bunch — are accused of running gambling site 4Spades.org based in Costa Rica.
He and other reputed Genovese associates were arrested Thursday morning stemming from a long-term probe into their loansharking and bookmaking activities by the state Attorney General and NYPD.
DeMeo, who has a heart condition, pleaded not guilty to the charges before Judge Danny Chun set bail at $300,000.
Prosecutors said in court that DeMeo served as the “boss” of the multi-million dollar organization and has a criminal history dating back to 1984.
The senior wiseguy landed on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” list after going on the lam in 2000 as feds tried to arrest him on racketeering and bank robbery charges.
Meanwhile, another 76-year-old, Mario Leonardi, allegedly sold more than 30,000 untaxed cigarettes throughout New York with his cohort Gennaro Geritano, 62, authorities said.
Also indicted were Eugene Orefice, 48; Anthony “Buckwheat” Giammarino, 65; Joseph Tommasino, 52; Thomas Alexiou, 55; Rocco Maglione, 46; Windsor Lewis, 66; Vincent Taliercio, 65; Jackie Charlton, 53; Michael Epstein, 48, and John Giglio, 55.
All have pleaded not guilty.
Lewis’ attorney Marissa Benton told the judge that he is a retired corrections officer and has a son in the NYPD.
She added that he’d had double bypass surgery last year and had a pacemaker.
Chun released Lewis on his own recognizance.
“These defendants allegedly went to great lengths to trap their victims with exorbitant rates, all while evading our gambling laws and taking offshore bets,” said AG Eric Schneiderman in a statement.
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