In late 2009, some of the biggest names in the New England mafia gathered at an East Boston restaurant after a wake to talk business. According to a federal indictment, as the men broke bread they discussed a number of family matters, including how exactly to split money extorted out of Rhode Island strip bars.
There was one mafia leader who was only a few miles away from the meeting, but probably wasn’t invited. His name is Ralph DeLeo and there is a simple reason he wasn’t in East Boston that night: the feds say Ralph DeLeo was a made member and a street boss of the New York Columbo crime family.
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