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John Stanfa (Giovanni Stanfa) was born on 7 December, 1940 in Caccamo, Sicily, Italy, is an American mob boss. Discover John Stanfa's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 83 years old?
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Giovanni Stanfa |
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Crime boss |
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83 years old |
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Sagittarius |
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7 December, 1940 |
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7 December |
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Caccamo, Sicily, Italy |
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Italy
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John Stanfa Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is John Stanfa's Wife?
His wife is Nicolena Stanfa (m. 1964)
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Nicolena Stanfa (m. 1964) |
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John Stanfa Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is John Stanfa worth at the age of 83 years old? John Stanfa’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from Italy. We have estimated John Stanfa's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Giovanni "John" Stanfa (born December 7, 1940) is an Italian-born American former boss of the Philadelphia crime family from 1991 to 1995.
Stanfa was born in 1940 in Caccamo, Sicily.
By the late 1960s, the couple moved to Philadelphia.
According to law enforcement, when Stanfa arrived in New York City, his brothers and brother-in-law, who were made men in the Gambino crime family, introduced him to the family.
The Gambino family leaders arranged for Stanfa to work for Angelo Bruno, the boss of the Philadelphia crime family.
In 1964, at the age of 23, Stanfa immigrated to the United States, and listed his occupation as a bricklayer.
That same year, he married Nicolena Congialdi, and settled in New York City.
On March 21, 1980, Bruno was killed by a shotgun blast in the back of the head as he sat in his car in front of his home at the intersection of 10th Street and Snyder Avenue in South Philadelphia, while Stanfa, his driver, was wounded.
It is believed that the killing was ordered by Antonio Caponigro, Bruno's consigliere.
A few weeks later, Caponigro's lifeless body was found, battered and nude, in the trunk of a car in The Bronx.
The Commission had reportedly ordered Caponigro's murder because he assassinated Bruno without their sanction.
Other Philadelphia family members involved in Bruno's murder were tortured and killed.
Stanfa testified before a grand jury about the killing, and disappeared shortly after.
In December 1980, Stanfa was arrested in Baltimore, where he was working as a baker in a pizza shop, and taken back to Philadelphia on charges that he had lied to the grand jury about meetings with mobsters after Bruno's death.
In 1981, he was convicted of perjury and sentenced to eight years in prison.
While Joey Merlino was in prison in 1990, he met Ralph Natale, and the two allegedly conspired to take over the Philadelphia crime family from Stanfa.
In 1991, Stanfa emerged as the new leader of the Philadelphia family, and the young group of mobsters led by Joey Merlino openly rebelled against him.
The "Young Turks" as the press would eventually dub Merlino's tight-knit crew, struck first with the killing of Felix Bocchino on January 29, 1992.
Merlino was released from prison in April 1992, after he was convicted in January 1990 of planning the heist and sentenced to three years in prison.
In an attempt to quell further violence, Stanfa officially inducted Merlino and his best friend Michael Ciancaglini into the crime family.
Stanfa hoped he would be able to keep tabs on the Merlino crew and make it easier to kill them if necessary.
While this act of diplomacy temporarily ended the violence, by 1993 an all-out war broke out between Stanfa and Merlino.
On August 5, 1993, Merlino survived a drive-by shooting assassination attempt by two Stanfa gunmen, taking four bullets in the leg and buttocks, while Ciancaglini was shot in the chest and died.
On August 31, 1993, Stanfa and his son were recipients of a drive-by shooting while they were driving on the Schuylkill Expressway.
Stanfa escaped uninjured and his son survived being shot in the jaw.
On September 17, 1993, a friend of Merlino's was shot and killed by Stanfa gunmen.
Stanfa gunman Philip Colletti testified in court that he planted a remote control bomb under Merlino's car several times, but that it failed to go off every time.
In November 1993, Merlino was arrested by the FBI, charged with violation of his supervised release, and sent back to prison.
Merlino was mainly supported by a group of young mobsters he knew since childhood while Stanfa, in an unusual tactic recruited for his side several men who were not of Italian heritage, including the Veasey brothers.
According to the former executive director of the Pennsylvania Crime Commission, Frederick T. Martens, "Stanfa brought in people, like the Veasey brothers, who had no background in the mob but who were willing to break legs and pull a trigger".
Stanfa was indicted on labor racketeering, extortion, loansharking, murder and conspiracy to commit murder on March 17, 1994.
Convicted of multiple charges in 1995, Stanfa was sentenced to life in prison.
On the day of Stanfa's trial on October 5, 1995, William Veasey, John Veasey's brother who was scheduled to testify against Stanfa, was murdered.
On November 21, 1995, Stanfa was convicted of 33 of the 35 charges.
On July 9, 1996, Stanfa was sentenced to life in prison.
Ralph Natale took over as boss, but Merlino was the real power in the family, allowing Natale to become boss to direct law enforcement attention away from himself.
Stanfa is serving his life sentence at the Federal Medical Center in Ayer, Massachusetts.