Former police officer NY declared guilt for the lying of allies to protect the Mafia family
A former New York detective who was moonlighting by working for Mafia family And he helped to encourage a mini-mob war on Long Island, while trying to protect his gambler surgery, he was convicted on Wednesday for lying to the FBI.
Hector Rosario, 51, a former Police Detective Nassau on Long Island, has also been acquitted by the obstruction of justice, the main accusation he faced. The verdict followed the seven -day trial at the Federal Court in Brooklyn.
“Hector Rosario more careful about that Setting pockets With the money of the Bonanno family and the protection of their own interests from their loyalty of the law, “said Donnelly district prosecutor Nassau Donnelly.” He shamefully threatened the investigative work of his colleagues of Detective by overturning the goal and lied to federal agents because the walls were closed. “
Hector Rosario, 51, a former Police Detective Nassau on Long Island, was convicted of lying to the FBI on Wednesday. (Gregory P. Mango)
Federal prosecutors said Rosario conspired to target rival members of the Genovessa family in a quarrel that was shed after organized crime The clans reached an unusual agreement on the division of gambling revenue in the back of the store, the New York Post reported.
Bonanos and Genoves, two of the five Mafia families from New York, mostly held their separate spheres during the 1980s and early 2000s, said a longtime mafia researcher.
Peace did not last long. Rosario even hosted a false police raid in a concealed casino run by Genoveses, prosecutors said.
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Former Detective in New York, the moon, working for a mafia family and helped to encourage a mini-mob war in Long Island, trying to protect their gambling operations. (Howard Schnapp/Newsday RM)
American lawyer John Durham called Rosario, a 15-year-old Police veterana “corrupt detective” who chose loyalty to the mafia “through the public he swore to protect.”
He was interviewed by FBI agents in 2020, as they explored the criminal activity of Bonanno and Genovese in the suburbs east of New York. He falsely stated that there was no data on mafia or illegal gambling places, the authorities said.
Rosario was discharged from 2022. He was among the nine accused after the federal authorities broke a gambling racquet. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)
Rosario was discharged from 2022. He was among the nine accused after the federal authorities broke a gambling racquet.
His lawyers claimed that the case depended on unreliable testimony Mafiars who are now cooperating with prosecutors while facing their own criminal charges.
Other mafia clans in New York are the Colombo, Gambino and Lucchese families.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
