Friday, February 24, 2006

Prosecutor says mob hit ordered from prison was enabled by lawyer

The Boston Globe reports:
A corrupt lawyer enabled an acting boss of the Genovese crime family to order a killing from prison and direct other crimes, a prosecutor said yesterday as he announced charges against 32 mob associates and others.

US Attorney Michael J. Garcia said the lawyer, Peter J. Peluso, pleaded guilty last summer, admitting his role in the murder and agreeing to cooperate against his client, Liborio S. Bellomo, the acting Genovese boss who ordered the hit
The Genovese crime family has a certain sense of style.