Kansas Metropolis Mob Determine Banned from Nevada Casinos Dies of COVID-19
A reputed underboss of the Kansas Metropolis crime household, who was banned from all Nevada casinos due to his alleged Mob actions, died Tuesday after a protracted battle with COVID-19, The Kansas Metropolis Star studies. He was 73.
William Cammisano Jr. in a picture utilized by his household for a GoFundMe marketing campaign to lift cash for medical bills. The final years of his life have been tormented by in poor health well being. (Picture: GoFundMe)
William “Willie” Cammisano Jr., at all times denied having ties to Missouri’s premier mafia outfit, regardless of efforts by prosecutors to show in any other case.
His father, William “Willie Rats” Cammisano Sr., led the group from 1984 to 1988, along with his son as his trusted lieutenant, in line with Eighties court docket filings.
In 1989, Cammisano Jr. was convicted of obstruction of justice for threatening a witness in a federal homicide investigation. Throughout his trial, FBI brokers testified he was a “made member” of the Kansas Metropolis mob. He was sentenced to 5 years in jail.
Unlawful Sports activities Betting Ring
Within the sentencing memorandum in that case, federal prosecutors, in calling for a most sentence, alleged Cammisano was concerned in planting a bomb that killed one other Kansas Metropolis mobster, Carl Spero, in January 1984.
Additionally they suspected him of involvement within the deadly taking pictures of one other gangster, Felix Ferina, 9 months later. Cammisano was by no means charged with both of those crimes, and his sentence was shortened to a few years on enchantment.
In 2010, Cammisano was sentenced to a 12 months and a day in jail. The time period was for his involvement with an unlawful on-line sports activities betting operation that generated $3.6 million over three years.
He was described by prosecutors as certainly one of six “grasp brokers” of the sportsbook, which used a toll-free 1-800 telephone quantity and web sites based mostly in Costa Rica.
Skimming Casinos
The Kansas Metropolis Mob had pursuits in Las Vegas within the Nineteen Seventies and Eighties, notably on the Tropicana, the Fremont, and the Stardust.
In 1984, bosses Anthony and Carl Civella have been convicted of skimming income from the casinos, paving the way in which for Cammisano Sr. to change into performing boss throughout their incarceration.
Each Camminsanos have been entered into the Nevada Gaming Management Board’s “Black E-book” of persona non grata, which banned them from the state’s casinos for all times.
Cammisano Jr. utilized for chapter in 2015, and his ultimate years have been tormented by in poor health well being. After contracting COVID-19 in July 2020, he fell right into a coma and suffered two strokes. His household launched a GoFundMe web page to assist pay for his round the clock care, which wasn’t lined by his medical health insurance.
“The household is deeply saddened in dropping an ideal and beloved man to their household and graciously ask for all to be respectful of their privateness,” his household mentioned in an announcement to the Star on Wednesday.
