Consigliere To Acting Boss
During the 1990s, the Lucchese family underwent several leadership changes as more of the top leadership was sent to prison. Throughout this period as consigliere, Daidone supervised the enforcement and intimidation actions within the family, and continued to run extortion, loansharking, drug trafficking and murder activities in Queens. Daidone began working with Caridi in large extortion operations around New York City.
In 1998, DeFede was indicted on nine counts of racketeering and received five years in prison after pleading guilty. Amuso now promoted Crea to acting boss. In 2000, Crea was indicted on charges of extortion and racketeering and sentenced to five years in prison. Amuso now promoted Daidone to acting boss.
Amuso soon began pressuring Daidone to murder DeFede after his release from prison. Amuso believed that DeFede had been underestimating the profits from his rackets to avoid paying more tribute to Amuso. DeFede found out about Amuso's plan and in February 2002, immediately after his release from prison, DeFede became a government witness. His information on labor racketeering, extortion activities, and unsolved murders allowed the government to build a strong racketeering case against Daidone.
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