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 kil...
This blog is about the history of the mob in the United States. La Cosa Nostra as they refer to themselves is an exclusive club in the underworld. Extortion, loan sharking, juice loans, and illegal gamblings are the architecture of its money making operations.