{"id":317585,"date":"2024-04-17T09:26:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T14:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=317585"},"modified":"2024-04-17T09:42:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T14:42:42","slug":"mobster-sal-the-shoemaker-ran-gambling-ring-from-shoe-repair-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/mobster-sal-the-shoemaker-ran-gambling-ring-from-shoe-repair-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Mobster ‘Sal the Shoemaker’ Ran Gambling Ring from Shoe Repair Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"

A mobbed-up New York cobbler has admitted that the shoe repair shop he ran in Long Island was a front for an illegal gambling ring that kicked profits to the Genovese crime family.<\/p>\n

\"Salvatore
Sal the Shoemaker helped run a Mafia gambling ring with the help of former Genovese capo Carmine Polito, top right, and alleged associate Mark Feuer, bottom right. (Image: New York Post<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Salvatore Rubino, 61, aka \u201cSal the Shoemaker,\u201d pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges of operating an illegal gambling business. He admitted to running card games and gambling machines inside Sal\u2019s Shoe Repair in Merrick, NY.<\/p>\n

Racketeering, Extortion Charges \u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Rubino\u2019s is the last guilty plea of five defendants linked to the ring that prosecutors claim was a joint operation between the Genovese and Bonanno families. The others are former Genovese capo Carmelo \u201cCarmine\u201d Polito, 64, Joseph Macario, 69, aka \u201cJoe Fish,\u201d Joseph Rutigliano, 65, aka \u201cJoe Box,\u201d and Mark Feuer, 61.<\/p>\n

The four pleaded guilty on April 5 to charges that included racketeering, attempted extortion, and illegal gambling.<\/p>\n

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In 2022, federal prosecutors indicted Nassau County Police Detective Hector Rosario. He is accused of arranging police raids at competing gambling dens for kickbacks from the group. He denies the charges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Sal\u2019s, which closed in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, was one of several fronts used by the gambling ring. Others included a gelateria and coffee bar in Lynbrook, Long Island named Grann Caf\u00e9, as well as a soccer club and an Italian social club.<\/p>\n

Each business operated \u201cillegal joker poker-type gambling machines,\u201d as well as poker games, and generated more than $2,000 for the Mob each day, according to prosecutors. Rubino and Rutigliano would collect the proceeds and distribute them to higher-ranking gangsters.<\/p>\n

Under the Bridge<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Polito additionally operated a pay-per-head sportsbook called PGWLines and would extort debtors who failed to pay their debts on time. In one October 2019 incident, he called a customer and threatened to \u201cbreak his face.\u201d<\/p>\n

On another occasion, he instructed one of his agents to tell a debtor he would \u201cput him under the f***ing bridge\u201d if he did not pay up.<\/p>\n

With their guilty pleas, these five members and associates of the Genovese crime family have admitted they committed crimes to benefit a criminal enterprise notorious for inflicting harm on our communities for generations,\u201d said United States Attorney Breon Peace in a statement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“As long as the Mafia doesn’t get it that illegal gambling is a losing proposition, they can bet on this Office and our partners vigorously enforcing the law and flushing them out of the shadows,\u201d Peace added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A mobbed-up New York cobbler has admitted that the shoe repair shop he ran in Long Island was a front for an illegal gambling ring that kicked profits to the Genovese crime family. Salvatore Rubino, 61, aka \u201cSal the Shoemaker,\u201d pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges of operating an illegal gambling business. 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