Boston Mafia godfather Carmen ‘The Cheeseman’ DiNunzio dies

Boston Mafia godfather Carmen “The Cheeseman” DiNunzio has died. He was 68.

The Eastie man — who was the underboss of the New England Household of La Cosa Nostra and was the proprietor of Contemporary Cheese within the North Finish, reportedly handed away peacefully on Sunday — in accordance with his obituary.

The big man had Kind 2 diabetes, coronary heart points and different well being illnesses, his lawyer had mentioned up to now.

Again in 2009, DiNunzio was sentenced to 6 years in federal jail after he pleaded responsible to conspiring to bribe a state official.

That bribe was in reference to a proposed sale of supplies to a Massive Dig-related challenge, and for offering a $10,000 down cost on the unlawful payoff.

DiNunzio admitted that in 2006, he and two different males conspired to bribe a state official to acquire a profitable contract to offer 300,000 cubic yards of “loam” (soil composed of sand, silt, manure, and clay) to the Massachusetts Freeway Division to be used on the Massive Dig.

He additionally admitted that he offered $10,000 money, meant as a down cost on a bigger payoff, for an individual he believed was a Massachusetts Freeway Division inspector able to guaranteeing that the group would acquire the profitable loam contract. The inspector was, actually, an secret agent.

In reference to the plea settlement, he beforehand pleaded responsible in Essex County to state prices of extortion, selling an unlawful playing operation, and conspiring to violate state gaming legal guidelines in connection along with his function in mob-related extortion of native bookmakers.