Bufalino Crime Family
The Bufalino Crime Family is a La Cosa Nostra crime family based in northeastern Pennsylvania that was reportedly connected to the alleged organized crime penetration of Music Corporation of America, surfacing in FBI wiretaps related to that investigation.
The Bufalino Crime Family is a La Cosa Nostra organization based in the northeastern Pennsylvania cities of Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. The family was founded and led for decades by Russell Bufalino (born 1903, died 1994), who was regarded by law enforcement as one of the most powerful Mafia bosses in the northeastern United States.
MCA Investigation
Members of the Bufalino family were reportedly connected to the alleged organized crime penetration of MCA, the entertainment conglomerate, surfacing in FBI wiretaps related to that investigation. Investigators Marvin Rudnick, Thomas Gates, and Richard Stavin all concluded that MCA had been penetrated by organized crime based in part on these wiretap intercepts involving Bufalino family members.1
Sources
- Seymour, Cheri. The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal. TrineDay, 2010. ↩
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