Overview

• Salvatore Rubino pleaded guilty to charges involving illegal gambling and racketeering, benefiting the Genovese crime family.
• The operation, hidden behind a shoe repair shop, included gambling machines and poker games, active from 2012 until 2021.
• Multiple locations across Long Island were used for similar illegal activities, including a gelato shop and a soccer club.
• Four other associates of the Genovese crime family, including a former acting captain, also pleaded guilty earlier.
• Rubino faces a sentence of four to ten months as part of a plea deal, though he could have faced up to five years and a $250,000 fine.