1. Anthony A Graziano was an American mobster and consigliere in the Bonanno crime family.
12 Facts About Anthony Graziano
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Anthony Graziano had failed to pay $100,000 to the Internal Revenue Service and had hidden some personal assets under the names of relatives.
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In 1994, Anthony Graziano ordered his crew to find and kill John Pappa and Calvin Hennigar, both mobsters with the Colombo crime family.
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On one occasion, the two men had fired shots inside a topless bar in Staten Island owned by Anthony Graziano, wounding one patron.
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An enraged Anthony Graziano had sent his Brooklyn crew hunting for them.
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However, Anthony Graziano later met with Colombo family representatives and agreed on a settlement to the problem.
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Anthony Graziano called off the murder order, but in 2002 he would be indicted on two counts of murder conspiracy due to this episode.
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In March 2002, Anthony Graziano was indicted on separate racketeering charges in New York, Arizona and Florida.
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In September 2012, Anthony Graziano was indicted on federal racketeering and extortion charges, bookmaking, and murder based on recorded conversations with his son-in-law Hector Pagan Jr.
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On July 18,2003, Anthony Graziano was sentenced to 11 years in prison on the Florida charges.
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On November 13,2003, Anthony Graziano was sentenced to nine years in prison on the New York charges.
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At the New York sentencing, Anthony Graziano's lawyer asked for leniency, saying that his client had diabetes and had survived two episodes of bladder cancer.