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category: Private Organization
location: New York City, USA
start: 1931
summary: The Genovese Crime Family is a prominent New York La Cosa Nostra organization
  whose chief lieutenant Gerardo Catena owned nearly 20 percent of the Murchison Oil
  Lease Company in Oklahoma, connecting the family to Texas oil money and intelligence-linked
  networks.
tags:
- Organization
- OrganizedCrime
- LaCosaNostra
---

The [Genovese Crime Family](/organizations/genovese-crime-family/) is a prominent [La Cosa Nostra](/organizations/la-cosa-nostra/) crime family. [Gerardo Catena](/people/gerardo-catena/), a chief lieutenant to the Genovese Crime Family, owned almost 20 percent of the Murchison Oil Lease Company in Oklahoma.[^1]

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[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.