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Cement and Concrete District Council Benefit Funds office in order to under report overtime
hours of Manner Brothers union employees and also to allow Truncale to receive benefits and
qualify for a pension. Defendant Dominic Detore, a principal of defendant Cleveland
Construction Co., engaged in bid rigging with Bonagura, and was awarded subcontracts for his
participation in the Lucchese Construction Group. In return Detore paid a “mob tax” on each
such project.

Defendants Anthony Frantellizzi and his brother Dominick Frantellizzi were owners and
officers of defendant Commercial Brick Inc., a union masonry contractor, who, through their
association with Anthony Pezzullo, Arthur Zambardi and Andrew Reynolds, were able to use a
non-union work force in violation of their collective bargaining agreement with Local 1. In
return for this, the Frantellizzis paid the “mob tax” to the Lucchese Organized Crime Family.

Defendants Steven Chait Osserman and Nicholas Russo, the ostensible owners and
officers of Kent Building Systems Inc., were in fact fronts for Steven L. Crea. In order to
conceal Crea’s true ownership and control of Kent, Osserman and Russo falsified business
records and filed false statements with the New York City School Construction Authority, in an
attempt to secure certifications to perform work in the New York City School System.

Defendant Lawrence Wecker was a principal of Lisa Construction Corp. Wecker paid
the “mob tax” to the Lucchese Organized Crime Family in return for his being allowed to
perform work throughout the City and State of New York with non-union workers. Wecker and
defendant Kenneth Gordon, an insurance claims adjuster for the company that held a
performance bond, rigged the bid for a subcontract at the Doral Arrowwood project, and along
with Gordon, Anthony O’Donnell, Joseph Datello, and Steven L. Crea stole over $50,000 from
AIG Insurance Company and its affiliate, the Insurance Company of Pennsylvania.

Defendant Joseph Martinelli, the owner of defendant North Berry Corp., was a
contractor who paid the “mob tax” in return for his ability to violate his collective bargaining

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