CNB Crime: La Cosa Nostra Lengthy Prison Terms for Lucchese Crime Family Members | FBI

Nicodemo \”Nicky\” Scarfo, Jr. and his La Cosa Nostra associate Salvatore Pelullo used some of the millions they illegally siphoned from FirstPlus Financial Group Inc. to buy this airplane.

09/08/15

In a world inhabited by international cyber criminals and violent terrorists, it would be easy to think of La Cosa Nostra—the Mafia—as a throwback to a bygone era. But a recent New Jersey case involving the Lucchese crime family is proof that traditional organized crime can still be a potent threat.

Members and associates of the Lucchese organized crime family—one of the families traditionally associated with La Cosa Nostra (LCN)—were recently sentenced to lengthy prison terms in New Jersey for a financial fraud scheme that illegally netted millions of dollars.