John Capra
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John Capra (b. April 6, 1940) is a New York mobster and a recognized member of the Lucchese crime family, reputedly holding the rank of Capo or Captain, under Vittorio "Vic" Amuso.
The government alleges that Capra has operated as part of the Bronx faction of the Lucchese crime family since the late 1980s. Capra was reportedly promoted to the rank of Caporegime, and is accused of leading a faction that operates with large illegal gambling activities, as well as extortion, loansharking and fraud operations, in the Bronx, New York and Manhattan, New York. He is alleged to have participated in racketeering activities with acting boss Stephen "Wonderboy" Crea[1]
On March 9, 2005, a massive 53-count racketeering-indictment was put on dozens of members of the Gambino crime family, including then-current Acting Boss and Underboss, Arnold "Zeke" Squitieri and his Caporegime Gregory DePalma, who reportedly operated and managed an illegal gambling operation with Capra that earned more than $20 million dollars every year. As the US law enforcement discovered that, they charged the entire Bronx faction of the Lucchese crime family as well with extortion, racketeering and illegal gambling charges. Capra, who was recognized as a prominent Caporegime of the Lucchese crime family, was charged with two counts of Extortion Collection of Credit, which also included fraud charges and the $20 million dollar-a-year illegal gambling operation which he managed with Squitieri. [2]
Capra pled guilty to the illegal gambling charges and was sentenced to just over seven years in prison along with his crew members Alphonse Alvarez and Mark DeNuzio, plus Gambino crime family capos Squitieri and DePalma. As of April 2008, John Capra is serving his sentence at the Federal Medical Center (FMC) Devens in Massachusetts. His projected release-date is September 10, 2008. [3]
