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Gaetano Vastola was an Italian-American mobster who was a member of the Gambino crime family. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, on May 20, 1928.
Vastola was a close associate of Gambino boss Carlo Gambino and was involved in the family's illegal activities, including loan sharking, extortion, and gambling. He was also involved in the family's labor racketeering activities, including the infiltration of the International Longshoremen's Association.
Vastola was arrested in 1972 and convicted of extortion and labor racketeering. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison and served his sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
Vastola was released from prison in 1982 and returned to Brooklyn. He died on April 15, 2020, at the age of 92.
At the time of his death, Vastola was believed to be one of the last surviving members of the Gambino crime family. He was also believed to have been one of the last living members of the "old guard" of the family, having been involved in the organization since the 1950s.
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On May 3, 1988, Vastola was convicted of extortion and two counts of racketeering conspiracies and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. In late 1990, Vastola lost his final appeal and was sent to prison. In May 1998, Vastola was released from prison.
In 1987, Vastola was sent to jail for assaulting a record company executive who balked at his extortion demands. While housed at the Metropolitan Correction Facility in Manhattan. Vastola shared a cell with Gambino crime family boss John Gotti. After spending time with Vastola, Gotti became convinced that Vastola would become a government witness rather than spend time in prison. When Gotti was released, he pressured current DeCavalcante boss John Riggi to agree to Vastola's murder. Unfortunately for the mob bosses, FBI surveillance recorded the conversation. Gotti and the DeCavalcante leadership, including Riggi and underboss Stefano Vitabile, were later tried and convicted of conspiracy to murder Vastola.
In 1965 Vastola was arrested for a burglary and larceny. In 1969, Vastola and mobster Daniel Annunziata had demanded a $20,000 extortion payment from the operators of an illegal dice game in Trevose, Pennsylvania. The operators appealed the demand to DeCavalcante boss Sam DeCavalcante, who allegedly reduced the demand to $12,000 plus a negotiating fee of $3,800. In March 1972, Vastola was convicted of extorting the dice game operators and was sentenced to 30 months in prison. Vastola's conviction was later overturned. By 1980, Vastola had become a caporegime for the family, leading a crew of mobsters in Union County, New Jersey. Vastola had a close working relationship with Jimmy Rotondo, head of the New York Wing of the family, based predominantly in Brooklyn (until the latter's death).
In his early years, Vastola was a concert promoter for singers Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin, and a golf partner with actor/singer Sammy Davis Jr. A part owner of Roulette Records, Vastola was the listed songwriter on several doo-wop hits from the 1950s and 1960s, including The Valentines song "Lily Maebelle", The Cleftones song "You Baby You", and The Wrens song "Hey Girl." During this period, Vastola also engaged in the counterfeiting of music records, netting him a $500,000 profit. In 1960, Vastola was convicted of trademark offenses and received a one-year suspended sentence. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) also fined Vastola $215 for not reporting his illegal income.
In 1946, Vastola was arrested for burglary in New York City. He was convicted and received a suspended sentence and probation because he was a youthful offender.
Gaetano "Corky" Vastola (born May 20, 1928) is a New Jersey mobster who became an underboss for the DeCavalcante crime family in New Jersey.
