Barney’s Bravado Gives the Feds Fits
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The Genovese family lived up to its reputation of the “Ivy League of the underworld” in the late 1980s when it tapped a tough, savvy — and quite young — wiseguy to take over as acting boss. Liborio “Barney” Bellomo was only 30 when he stepped into the shoes of aging veteran Anthony “Fat Tony” Salerno after Salerno’s conviction and 100-year sentence in the historic Commission case.
Today, at 50, Bellomo is still relatively young. And despite two federal raps and more than a decade in prison, he has proved his mob mettle and is giving the feds fits in their never-ending efforts to nail him for murder and put him away for life.
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