Genovese Associate In New Jersey Snitched For 15 Years—Before Wearing Wire For Feds
Researching the history of the Genovese crime family in North Jersey, w e came across a longtime Hoboken-based associate who snitched for more than 15 years, then agreed to wear a wire for a couple more. His tips sparked Federal, State, and local investigations and he identified some 50 wiseguys and associates for investigators. He was called Petey Cap. And another name joins our List of Mafia Defectors . Peter (Petey Cap) Caporino Over 40 years, longtime Genovese associate Peter (Petey Cap) Caporino and his gambling operation were slowly and inexorably threaded into the fiber of the North Jersey underworld. He hooked up with the Genovese crime family as an associate and reported to some very powerful Garden State wiseguys. And while the man (or woman) at the top sometimes changed, Petey Cap’s numbers and gambling operation, which he ran out of his social club in Hoboken, was a constant. For almost half his time as an associate, Caporino lead a double life as a g...