| Item: | Three Convicted of Racketeering, Extortion in Building Airport Monorail | | Date: | September 30, 1998 | | Type: | Press Release | | Summary: | Two New Jersey men and a New York resident were sentenced in Newark, NJ Federal court on charges ranging from extortion to wire and mail fraud and violation of the Federal racketeering statute. Rosario Gangi of Brooklyn, NY, John Albert of North Brunswick, NJ, and Vincent DiModica of Belleville, NJ, were alleged to have extorted payments--backed by the potential of labor unrest--from Omni-Vanessa, a joint-venture contractor on the Newark International Airport monorail project. Gangi was sentenced to 5 years and 10 months incarceration and ordered to pay $50,550 in fines and restitution; Albert was sentenced to 9 years and 2 months imprisonment and ordered to pay $50,550 in fines and restitution, and DiModica was sentenced to 17-1/2 years imprisonment and fined $200. The case was handled by the FBI and the New Jersey U.S. Attorney's office, with the assistance of OIG.
For a press release regarding the indictments, go to http://www.dot.gov/affairs/1998/oig0798.htm. |
| Page: | http://www.dot.gov/affairs/1998/oig2498.htm | |
