A reputed underboss of the Kansas River City criminal offense family, who was banned from all Sagebrush State casinos because of his alleged Mob activities, died Tuesday after a long conflict with COVID-19, The Kaw River City Star reports. He was 73.
William “Willie” Cammisano Jr., ever denied having ties to Missouri’s premiere mafia outfit, despite efforts by prosecutors to prove otherwise.
His father, William “Willie Rats” Cammisano Sr., led the organisation from 1984 to 1988, with his son as his trusted lieutenant, according to 1980s lawcourt filings.
In 1989, Cammisano Jr. was convicted of blockage of justice for threatening a attestant inwards a federal hit investigation. During his trial, FBI agents testified he was a “made member” of the Kansas City mob. He was sentenced to Little Phoebe years in prison.
Illegal Sports Betting Ring
In the sentencing memorandum in that case, federal prosecutors, inward calling for a maximum sentence, alleged Cammisano was involved inwards planting a bomb that killed another Kansas River City mobster, Carl Spero, in Jan 1984.
They also suspected him of involvement inwards the fateful shooting of another gangster, Felix Ferina, ennead months later. Cammisano was ne'er supercharged with either of these crimes, and his condemn was shortened to leash years on appeal.
In 2010, Cammisano was sentenced to a year and a day inwards prison. The full term was for his involvement with an illegal online sports betting surgical procedure that generated $3.6 jillion o'er threesome years.
He was described past prosecutors as ane of hexad “master agents” of the sportsbook, which used a toll-free 1-800 sound number and websites based in Costa Rica.
Skimming Casinos
The Kansas City Mob had interests inward Las Vegas inwards the 1970s and 1980s, notably at the Tropicana, the Fremont, and the Stardust.
In 1984, bosses Anthony and Carl Civella were convicted of skimming profits from the casinos, paving material the way for Cammisano Sr. to turn acting boss during their incarceration.
Both Camminsanos were entered into the Silver State Gaming Control Board’s “Black Book” of image non grata, which prohibited them from the state’s casinos for life.
Cammisano Jr. applied for failure inward 2015, and his net years were plagued past sick health. After contracting COVID-19 inwards July 2020, he drop into a comatoseness and suffered ii strokes. His family launched a GoFundMe page to assist make up for his round-the-clock care, which wasn’t covered by his wellness insurance.
“The household is deeply saddened inwards losing a outstanding and honey adult male to their family and graciously expect for all to follow reverential of their privacy,” his family said in a statement to the Star on Wednesday.