Mob Figure Sentenced For Role in Extortion
October 15, 1997
The man described by Federal prosecutors as the acting underboss
and second-ranking member of the Genovese organized crime family was sentenced yesterday
to 21 months in prison for his role in extorting money from a construction union.
The man, Michael Generoso, 80, had pleaded guilty
to conspiring to extort payoffs from officers and employees of Local 46 of the Mason
Tenders District Council of Greater New York, prosecutors said.
Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of Federal District Court in Manhattan also
sentenced Mr. Generoso to 30 months of home confinement and fined him $4,000. He had
previously forfeited approximately $248,000 to the Government as part of his plea, in
which prosecutors also dropped murder and racketeering charges against Mr. Generoso.