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Federico "Fritzy" Giovanelli (March 1932) is a Caporegime in the Genovese crime family.
Giovanelli is the typical New York mafioso, a small time criminal who had participated in loansharking, bookmaking, and illegal gambling. As a Capo in the Genovese crime family, one of the country's most powerful famillies, he has been aligned with the family's skippers, including boss Vincent Gigante. After a 1989 racketeering conviction, Giovanelli was in Federal Prison for 7 years. Giovanelli was charged with the murder of Anthony Venditti, an undercover N.Y.P.D detective, but he was eventually acquitted of murder after two prior trials ended with deadlocked juries in October 1994. In May 1998, he went in the can for another nine months after breaking the terms of his parole by running a Queens gambling ring that federal prosecutors said took in more than $50 million a year. Giovanelli and his crew have operate their buisness from storefronts near the Brooklyn-Queens borderline, not to far from his home on 75th Street in Middle Village, Queens. Like many mobsters, Giovanelli also had some comares "pronounced goo-mads". During an FBI wiretap, Giovanelli's girlfriend was Gail, a Queens woman 22 years younger then him. [1]
Giovanelli and his crew also ran a Brooklyn auto theft ring. The operation was based at Angle Auto Parts, a junkyard on Foster Ave. in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. The operation made over $2.5 million a year for the Genovese crime family, re selling stolen auto parts and air bags. But Giovanelli, was not charged with grand theft auto or dismantling the vehicles. He was charged with extortion based on conversations picked up on a wiretap, said Executive Assistant District Attorney Chris Blank. Giovanelli was believed to be the silent partner in the business, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes. Ernest "Junior" Varacalli, the owner of Angle Auto Parts was also a reputed Genovese mobster.[2]
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