Angelo F. Ponte (April 20, 1925 – December 12, 2018) was an American mobster. He was reportedly active in the Genovese family's carting rackets for many decades. He was careful to cultivate political connections, and managed to have himself named a Knight of Malta by the Catholic Church.
Ponte was a target of the operation wasteland investigation. On January 28, 1997, he pleaded guilty to participating in a Mafia run operation to control and manipulate the cartage business in New York City. At the same hearing, his son Vincent pleaded guilty to paying a $10,000 bribe.[1]
He was the founder of F. Illi Ponte Ristorante on the West Side highway and has extensive real estate holdings throughout the Lower West Side (Manhattan). Ponte died in February 2017 at the age of 92. He had four siblings: Vincent, John, Margaret, and Dina.[2][3]
Notes and references
edit- ^ Raab, Selwyn (28 January 1997). "Trash Carter Pleads Guilty To Corruption (Published 1997)". The New York Times.
- ^ Frank Angelo PONTE Obituary
- ^ Frank Angelo Ponte Obituary
He is also a major character in the book Takedown: The Fall of the Last Mafia Empire by Rick Cowan. Ponte is one of four brothers Frank, Anthony, and Joseph. It is rumored to be that they are also part of the Genovese crime family.
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