Tony Muscles' Love Life More Violent Than His Mob Life
In December 2006, a jury found Anthony (Tony Muscles) Guardino, boss of New York City’s Brooklyn-based Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers Local 8, guilty of enterprise corruption crimes. Tony Muscles, loverboy.... Guardino, connected to the Genovese family, was part of the union's corrupt leadership, which shook down contractors all over New York City to the tune of more than $2 million. Prosecutors used Guardino's Mafia links as a lynchpin of the case against him. Brooklyn-based Local 8 represents about 700 roofing and waterproofing workers in New York City. The 2004 indictment that named Guardino was the second time ever that a union itself was charged with racketeering under New York's Organized Crime Control Act of 1986. It was the first labor union in US history to plead guilty to racketeering and corruption charges -- though let's be perfectly clear here; the crimes were committed by the leadership, not the union's rank and file, who wer...