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Steven Pastore, a Staten Island-based wiseguy who allegedly helped run the Genovese crime family's racketeering and gambling r ackets, was sentenced to two years in prison and must pay the government $125,000. This past February, Pastore pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to racketeering conspiracy after he was indicted with 18 others for a grab bag of racketeering offenses. He was sentenced this past week in Manhattan federal court. Pastore, who the FBI alleges is a made member holding the rank of soldier, conspired from 2008 through the spring of 2016 to commit crimes to benefit the Genovese crime family, a judge ruled. Pastore was charged in 2016 with racketeering conspiracy and participating in an illegal gambling business, authorities said. Wiretaps showed Pastore had been in the gambling business for years, the Fed's alleged, noting that Pastore also was paid more than $125,000 out of the gambling operation. Vivian Shevitz, Pastore's law...

Salvatore Delligatti  Members and associates of the Genovese crime family have been arrested and face an eight-count racketeering indictment that includes murder conspiracy, attempted murder, extortion conspiracy, illegal gambling and firearm charges, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said. The FBI, Nassau County Police and NYPD conducted a multi-year probe (with some alleged crimes dating back to 2008) that resulted in the case against 18 people, 17 of whom are currently in jail following the “coordinated take-down,” according to officials. Those charged include alleged Genovese soldiers Robert DeBello (aka “Old Man,” “Bobby” and “Grandpa”), 74, of Whitestone, and Steven Pastore, 56, of Staten Island, and associates Ryan Ellis (“Joseph Princi,” “Baldy,” “Lazy Eye” and “Zeus”) , 34, of Bayside, and Salvatore Delligatti (“Jay” and “Fat Sal”) , 40, of Oakland Gardens.