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 | | In approximately August 2001, it is alleged that MEGALE became a Capo within the Gambino Family and, for approximately the past 2 ½ years, has served as the Underboss of the Gambino Family. |
 | | MEGALE represented to the nightclub owner that he was a high-ranking member of the Gambino Family, that he had met with leadership of the rival organized crime family, and that he had prevented members and associates of the rival family from extorting payments from him. |
 | | Finally, the Indictment alleges that, in August 2003, FIORE, a made member of the Gambino Family and a close associate of MEGALE and RICCITELLI, attempted to extort $30,000 from the operator of a Fairfield County social club. |
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