Reputed Mob Boss Guilty of Illegal Gaming
Reputed mob boss Ilario M. A. Zannino, confined to a wheelchair and attended by medical technicians during his trial, was found guilty Friday on gambling and loan sharking charges.
Zannino showed no reaction when the verdict was announced, but as he left the U.S. District Court he said: “I hope the jury dies tonight.”
The jury, which Judge David Nelson had ordered sequestered during its deliberations, found Zannino, 66, guilty on two counts of illegal gaming and one of loan sharking.
Faces 30-Year Term
Zannino faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison at sentencing Thursday.
The trial, interrupted repeatedly by Zannino’s complaints of health problems, grew out of the 1983 indictment that also named Gennaro J. Angiulo and other people alleged to be members of New England’s organized crime family.
Angiulo, three of his brothers and one other associate were convicted in February on various racketeering and gambling charges. Angiulo is serving a 45-year sentence.
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