Armando Fosco Sr. (July 13, 1922 – February 5, 1987) was former Secretary-Treasurer of Local 738 of the

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. According to

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documents, the government believed Armando was a member of the

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. FBI Agents observed Armando working with Outfit heavyweight

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. His wife, Gloria M. Nappi, was a blood relation to Outfit political fixer Romie J. Nappi. In 2009, Armando's son, Joseph Fosco, named Armando in a first of its kind civil RICO lawsuit against a mafia group. Armando was identified in the lawsuit as a suspected embezzler who failed to make a kickback payment to the Chicago Outfit. According to the complaint, it was alleged that members of the Chicago Outfit, including Outfit boss

John DiFronzo John DiFronzo (December 13, 1928 – May 27, 2018), nicknamed "No Nose", was an American mobster and the reputed former boss of the Chicago Outfit. Biography DiFronzo, a former enforcer and caporegime, first appeared with a criminal record in ...

, schemed to extort money from the Fosco family, as if the family was in possession of said ill-gotten gains alleged to have been skimmed from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The case was ultimately dismissed for statute of limitations issues.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fosco, Armando 1922 births 1987 deaths American gangsters of Italian descent Chicago Outfit mobsters International Brotherhood of Teamsters people Criminals from Illinois