4 New Jersey Men Arrested In Major Mob Bust

Four New Jersey men are among the more than 40 alleged mobsters from four crime families that were arrested in a wide-ranging mafia bust, according to a federal grand jury indictment released Thursday. The alleged mobsters were members of the Genovese, Gambino, Luchese and Bonanno families.

The indictment listed 46 people as members of the "East Coast LCN Enterprise," which engaged in crimes including extortion, arson, fraud, firearms trafficking and illegal gambling, among other crimes. In this case, LCN stands for "La Cosa Nostra," another way of saying "the mafia."

Among those in custody are the following New Jersey residents:

• Anthony Cassetta, 48, of Belmar
• Anthony Cirillo, 51, Englewood Cliffs
• Daniel Marino Jr., 49, Short Hills
• Marco Minuto, 80, Upper Saddle River

The indictment stated the men were part of a criminal enterprise operated along the East Coast, including in New York City, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Florida. The enterprise was composed of members of the Genovese, Gambino, Luchese, Bonanno and the Philadelphia Organized Crime Family, according to the federal indictment.

The four from New Jersey each face a 20-year maximum sentence if convicted.

One element of the criminal operation was the "Yonkers Club," where the enterprise ran a casino-style gambling club that held poker tournaments and took bets on horse races, according the indictment. Two members of the enterprise working at the Yonkers Club set fire to a car parked outside a nearby competitor's operation, according to the indictment.

The criminal enterprise stretched as far as Costa Rica, where it ran a sports gambling operation named the "Costa Rican International Sportsbook," according to the indictment.

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With reporting by Brendan Krisel, Patch national staff