Anthony Rabito

Anthony Rabito a.k.a. "Mr. Fish''" a.k.a. "Fat Tony''" (born Williamsburgh, Brooklyn c.a. 1934) is an Italian-American Bonnano crime family mobster and reputed acting boss or consigliere of the Bonanno crime family.

Biography

Anthony Rabito served as a made-man in the Bonanno crime family under Dominick Napolitano from 1979 to 1982. Anthony is a Korean War veteran who served two years with the artillery. As he has grown older Anthony is a sufferer of high blood pressure, diabetes and back ailments. He remains close to his elder sister, who is eighty-eight years old and currently suffers from cancer. His history with organized crime started in 1974. In 1982 Anthony was convicted of [...] trafficking and sentenced to six years, in charges stemming from the Donnie Brasco investigation. In 2005 Anthony was indicted for a gambling and loansharking enterprise stretching from Brooklyn to Queens, New York, Manhattan, New York and Staten Island which earned $210,000 a week from January 2003 to July of 2004. If convicted he will be sentenced to twenty-five years in prison.

References

Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia by Joseph D. Pistone and Richard Woodley

"Gambling Probe Nets Mob's Aged 'Mr. Fish' and Mature Associates" The Washington Post June 19, 2005 by Michael Powell

"Senior Mobsters Busted In $15M Betting Ring" The Queens Tribune June 23, 2007 by Elizabeth Goff