Dictorial mob boss Nicky Scarfo Dead at 87

January 18, 2017

Scarfo with some associates

Nicodemo Scarfo the notorious mob boss of the Philadelphia mob died on January 18, 2017. Scarfo was the leader of the Philly mob during the 1980s. Scarfo died at the federal prison medical center in Butner N.C.
The cause of death is believed to have died from natural causes, his health been deteriorating over the past few years. Scarfo was serving a 55 year prison sentence at the time of his death.

Scarfo came to power in 1981 after the hit on Angelo Bruno the old boss. Nicky Scarfo wanted everybody to pay tribute to him, and anyone that would not needed to go. Scarfo told his soldiers that anyone who was with the Riccobene’s needed to be killed.

Scarfo created a hit list of men from the Riccobene faction of the family. It was rumored that it at one point as many as 15 people were on the list. After Frank Monty was killed, Scarfo’s consifliere was killed by the Riccobene faction, the order was put out o hit anyone from the Riccobene faction. Scarfo often read newspapers looking for hits carried out by his soldiers. He loved the limelight, and would look for his name in the newspaper. Informants would describe Scarfo as cold-hearted.

Nicky the Crow Carramande a hitman, refused to commit a murder for Scarfo, and once Scarfo felt betrayed he would kill you. Carramande turned to the FBI and eventully testified against Scarfo.

It’s unfortunate that he lived a long time, on taxpayer dollars. His death would have been better if he had gone the way he ordered his soldiers to kill his rivals.

Source:
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/real-time/Tyrannical-Philly-Mafia-boss-Nicodemo-Little-Nicky-Scarfo-dies-in-prison-hospital.html

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