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A Brooklyn bakery owner with alleged mob ties is suing the state of New York for what he claims was false imprisonment.
Mario Fortunato was placed behind bars following two guilty verdicts against him involving a gangland murder. Both those verdicts were later overturned.
The reputed Genovese Crime Family associated wants to be reimbursed for millions of dollars.
Fortunato, now 60, was tried and convicted in Brooklyn Federal Court for the rubout of loanshark Tino Lombardi and the wounding of the victim’s cousin Michael D’Urso, according to the Daily News. He had initially lied to a detective by claiming he had already left a card game in East Williamsburg where the murder took place in 1994. A judge ruled that Fortunato does have the right to sue despite the initial false statements made to police.
The reputed mob associate’s civil suit seeks monetary damages only for the two years he served following the state conviction.
- Jagajeet Chiba, Gambling911.com
