Anthony Gaggi
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Anthony Frank Gaggi August 7, 1925 Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Died | April 17, 1988 (aged 62) Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Other names | Antonino, Nino |
Anthony Frank Gaggi (August 7, 1925 – April 17, 1988) also known as "Antonino" and "Nino", was a captain in the New York Gambino crime family who supervised the infamous DeMeo crew, headed by Roy DeMeo
Born Antonino Gaggi to Angelo and Mary Gaggi, Gaggi was the youngest of three children. Gaggi had a sister Marie, and a brother known as "Roy". Angelo emigrated to the United States from Palermo, Sicily and ran a barbershop on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Mary worked as a seamstress until Gaggi's birth.
Gaggi dropped out of school during the eighth grade and followed his father into the barber business. Gaggi also earned extra money delivering flowers, which he used for gambling. It was at this age that Gaggi learned the profitability of loansharking to gamblers.
When Gaggi was a young teenager, his family purchased a small farm in New Jersey and moved there to operate it. When Gaggi turned 17 in 1942, he attempted to join the US Army, but was rejected due to myopia. In 1943, Gaggi's family left the farm and moved to the Bath Beach area of Brooklyn. Angelo resumed work as a barber while his mother Mary and sister Marie worked in a dress factory. Discharged from the Army due to injury, Roy sold peanut dispensers to bars.
After returning to New York, Gaggi decided to pursue criminal activities. His father's cousin was mobster Frank Scalise, a founding member of the Gambino family. Scalise helped Gaggi obtain a job at a truck dock, where he quickly became a supervisor. Scalise eventually allowed Gaggi to become a "ghost employee", someone who did not have to work. Gaggi could devote all his time to loan sharking in Brooklyn bars and pool halls. This "no show" job also allowed Gaggi to report legitimate, taxable income to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and avoid prosecution for tax evasion.
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