02-23-2002, 01:12 PM
8 charged in mob gambling operation
By Matt O'Connor
Tribune staff reporter
Published February 23, 2002
A reputed mob-connected bookmaker and seven others have been indicted on charges of operating a sophisticated sports-betting business in the Chicago area through most of the 1990s, federal authorities said Friday.
William J. DiDomenico, once a reputed member of mob boss Ernest Rocco Infelice's street crew, is accused of co-managing the bookmaking business.
In fall 1997, two members of the gambling ring met four times in Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Hillside to discuss the illegal business, the charges alleged.
One of them, Ronald H. Antos, was secretly cooperating with law enforcement and often taped the conversations, according to a source. Antos wasn't charged in the indictment, but he was named as an unindicted co-conspirator.
On Friday morning FBI agents arrested DiDomenico, 59, of Bloomingdale; Nicholas A. Malizzio, 48, of Chicago; Natale A. Saraceno, 56, of Bartlett; and Anthony R. Orlando, 67, of Glendale Heights. Dimitrios Fotopoulos, 53, formerly of Libertyville, was arrested in Asheville, N.C., where he lives. They all were released on bond.
By Matt O'Connor
Tribune staff reporter
Published February 23, 2002
A reputed mob-connected bookmaker and seven others have been indicted on charges of operating a sophisticated sports-betting business in the Chicago area through most of the 1990s, federal authorities said Friday.
William J. DiDomenico, once a reputed member of mob boss Ernest Rocco Infelice's street crew, is accused of co-managing the bookmaking business.
In fall 1997, two members of the gambling ring met four times in Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Hillside to discuss the illegal business, the charges alleged.
One of them, Ronald H. Antos, was secretly cooperating with law enforcement and often taped the conversations, according to a source. Antos wasn't charged in the indictment, but he was named as an unindicted co-conspirator.
On Friday morning FBI agents arrested DiDomenico, 59, of Bloomingdale; Nicholas A. Malizzio, 48, of Chicago; Natale A. Saraceno, 56, of Bartlett; and Anthony R. Orlando, 67, of Glendale Heights. Dimitrios Fotopoulos, 53, formerly of Libertyville, was arrested in Asheville, N.C., where he lives. They all were released on bond.