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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: Blackmail, Extortionists, Payola, Nuclear blackmail, Johnny Dio, Loan shark, Joseph Lombardo, Glico Morinaga case, Barnard Gregory, John Barbato, Paul Ricca, FBI Files on Elvis Presley, Gaston Gerald, Felix Alderisio, Albert Tocco, Lufthansa Cargo, Michael Rizzitello, Pizzo, Walter Minx, Dominic Brooklier, The Monster with 21 Faces, Ransomware, Gus Alex, Protection racket, Anthony Urso, Clip joint, Charles Augustus Howell, Anthony Antico, Walter R. Tucker III, Jacky Imbert, Eugene Hanley, Gaetano Vastola, Shirini, Andrzej Kolikowski, Michael Sams, Graymail, Peter Chong, Badger game, Sextortion, 2007 royal blackmail plot, Phantom debt, Edgar Pearce, AZF, Podstava, Hafta, Congressional Payola Investigations. Excerpt: Giovanni Ignazio Dioguardi, also known as "John Dioguardi" and "Johnny Dio" (April 29, 1914 - January 12, 1979), was an Italian-American organized crime figure and a labor racketeer. He is known for being involved in the acid attack which led to the blinding of newspaper columnist Victor Riesel, and for his role in creating fake labor union locals to help Jimmy Hoffa become General President of the Teamsters. Dio was born on April 29, 1914, on the Lower East Side of New York City and brought up on Forsyth Street in Little Italy. He had two brothers, Thomas and Frankie. His father, Giovani B. Dioguardi, was murdered in August 1930 in what police called a mob-related execution. Dio's uncle, Giacomo "Jimmy Doyle" Plumeri, was a member of the gang run by Albert Marinelli and his patron, Charles "Lucky" Luciano, head of the rapidly forming Genovese crime family. Dio was introduced to organized crime at the age of 15 by his uncle. At the time, labor racketeering in the garment district was controlled by Luciano and Gaetano "Tommy" Gagliano, head of the Lucchese crime family, and Plumeri and Johnny and Tommy Dio...
