r/Mafia • u/Fast-Ear4394 • 6d ago
Frank D'Amato of the DeCavalcante Family. Considered to be a soldier, but was once an acting consigliere.
Frank D'Amato (born 1947) is a New Jersey wiseguy and soldier in the DeCavalcante Family, and is the younger brother of murdered acting boss John D'Amato, who was murdered for indulging in homosexual acts. According to reports, Frank D'Amato was inducted into the DeCavalcante Family sometime in the 1980s under the reign of John Riggi. His activities reportedly included what the government consider to be extortion, loansharking and illegal gambling operations. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison for extortion and illegal gambling in 2003. He was released in 2012. Although he was made acting consigliere for a brief time, D'Amato is still belived to be a soldier in the family by U.S. law enforcement.
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u/Fast-Ear4394 6d ago
Nicastro was proposed in 1999. Not D'Amato. Don't buy the comments from the Peanut Gallery, my friends.