Six men connected to the Genovese crime family, including one from Boca Raton, pleaded guilty this week to racketeering charges in a federal courtroom in New York.
Nicholas Calisi, 63, faces a maximum prison term of 20 years when he is sentenced on June 27. Prosecutors called Calisi a “captain” in the Genovese Organized Crime Family, supervising a crew that engaged in acts of extortion and illegal gambling.
Prosecutors said Calisi’s role was to resolve disputes between crew members and members of other criminal organizations and to provide crew with “support and protection.” In exchange, prosecutors said, he received a cut of their proceeds.
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, identified the other defendants as Thomas Poli, John Campanella, Michael Poli, Ralph Balsamo and Michael Messina.
Messina is from Connecticut, and Poli is from Hawthorne, New York. The rest are from the Bronx.
All pleaded guilty to the same racketeering charge and face the same possible 20-year sentence.
Rafael Olmeda can be reached at or 954-356-4457. Follow him on Twitter @rolmeda.
