Albino Folcarelli, Hobbs Act Extortion, Rhode Island 2012
Crime Boss Associate Sentenced to 84 Months in Prison
Albino 'Albie' Folcarelli, 54, of Johnston, Rhode Island, an admitted associate of the New England La Cosa Nostra (NELCN), was sentenced to serve 84 months in federal prison for his participation in an extortion conspiracy.
Folcarelli, along with co-defendants Raymond R. 'Scarface' Jenkins and Edward 'Eddy' Lato, extorted $25,000 from a Rhode Island individual by using implied threats of violence, including visits to the individual's place of employment and home.
U.S. District Court Judge William E. Smith sentenced Folcarelli to also serve three years of supervised release upon completion of his prison term and to pay $25,000 in restitution to be paid jointly and severally with co-defendants Jenkins and Lato.
Folcarelli pleaded guilty on May 4, 2012, to one count of Hobbs Act extortion.
Folcarelli admitted to participating in an extortion conspiracy with Lato, 65, an admitted NELCN capo, and Jenkins, 47.
Lato, who also pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to shakedown Rhode Island adult entertainment businesses for protection money, is serving a sentence of 108 months in federal prison. Jenkins is serving a sentence of 37 months in prison.
The cases are being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney William J. Ferland for the District of Rhode Island and Trial Attorney Sam Nazzaro of the Criminal Division's Organized Crime and Gang Section. The matter was investigated by the FBI, the Rhode Island State Police and the Providence Police Department.
Folcarelli's sentence brings to eight the number of Rhode Island men convicted and sentenced for crimes involving racketeering and extortion, which allegedly extorted protection payments from several adult entertainment businesses and individuals in Rhode Island during the past two decades.
Key Facts
- State: Rhode Island
- Category: Organized Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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