11 Facts About Gene Gotti

Eugene Gotti was born on 1946 and is an American mobster and former captain of the Gambino crime family of New York City.

Gene Gotti was sentenced to 50 years in prison in 1989 for racketeering and drug trafficking charges; he was released in 2018.

Gene Gotti was one of 13 children of John Joseph Gotti Sr.

Around 1966, Gene Gotti became an associate with the Gambino family.

In 1969, Gene Gotti was convicted of theft from an interstate shipment and was sent to federal prison for three months.

In 1973, Gene Gotti was convicted in state court of illegal possession of a firearm and was sentenced to 18 months in state prison.

Gene Gotti became a made man in 1976, working with his brother, John, in his South Ozone Park crew.

In late 1986 Gene Gotti took over the crew, when Ruggiero was demoted.

On July 7,1989, Gene Gotti was sentenced to 50 years in prison and fined $75,000, the same penalty given to Carneglia.

Gene Gotti was imprisoned at the Federal Correctional Institution, Pollock, in Pollock, Louisiana, from 1989 to 2018.

Gene Gotti was released on September 14,2018, when he was 71 years old, after serving 29 years of his sentence.