Vincent Ricciardo, Colombo Crime Family Captain, Sentenced to Over Four Years for Union Extortion

The sentencing marks a significant victory in the fight against organized crime, highlighting the extensive efforts to dismantle mafia influence over labor unions.

Vincent Ricciardo, a captain in the Colombo crime family, was sentenced to more than four years in federal prison for extorting a New York City labor union.
Ricciardo was also ordered to pay $350,000 in forfeiture and $280,890 in restitution by a Brooklyn court judge.
The mafia member pleaded guilty to racketeering last July, admitting to a range of crimes including money laundering, loansharking, and fraud.
The extortion scheme involved death threats and phony payments, starting in 2001 when Ricciardo began extorting a senior official of a Queens-based construction union.
Ricciardo is the tenth defendant sentenced in the case, with four others still awaiting sentencing.