Dominic Truscello

Dominic "Crazy Dom" Truscello (b. April 29, 1934) is a Lucchese crime family captain.

Growing up in Lower Manhattan, Truscello became involved in the labor rackets after joining the Lucchese crime family. In 1993, Truscello was indicted for the extortion of a Pennsylvania-based builder of modular homes in Brooklyn and the Bronx. His co-defendants included family Underboss , the top leader of the family's Bronx faction, Genovese crime family captain Salvatore Lombardi, and Gambino crime family soldier/acting captain John "Johnny G" Gammarano.

Truscello would eventually become a captain in the family and leader of the Prince Street crew in Little Italy, Manhattan. Crea, promoted to Acting boss by the imprisoned , eventually appointed Truscello and fellow captain to the "Lucchese Construction Group", a group of wiseguys and labor officials active in extorting money from New York City contractors.

On September 6, 2000, Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau announced the indictment for racketeering of the Lucchese Construction Group, which included Truscello, Crea and Tangorra, as well as 35 other individuals and 11 construction companies. Morgenthau alleged that leaders of the N.Y.C. District Council of Carpenters, including Secretary-Treasurer Michael Forde, took payoffs from organized crime, fixed "no-show" jobs, and committed a host of other extortions and threats of work stoppage even though the entire union was under federal monitoring. The Luccheses and its carpenter associates were accused of muscling in on the construction industry and imposing a "mob tax" that skimmed millions of dollars from taxpayer-funded and private projects. On the restoration of the Park Central Hotel in Manhattan, an inflated bid resulted in a $2 million kickback for the Luccheses.

Sean Richard, a DeCavalcante crime family associate and the son-in-law of family boss , would testify against the defendants. Richard supposedly decided to "flip" after a remark from Truscello. Speaking to Richard in a van outside a New Jersey diner, Truscello asked "What are your sins?". Richard interpreted that remark to mean he was marked for death. Truscello would be sentenced to prison along with Steven Crea.

In January 2006, Truscello was released from prison after serving six years.

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