Anthony "Tony Ducks" Corallo (February 12, 1913 – August 23, 2000) was an American mobster and boss of the Lucchese crime family in New York City.
Underboss Tommy Lucchese recruited Corallo to work with mobster Johnny Dio, the leader of labor racketeering operations in the Manhattan Garment District.
The two gangsters used these paper locals to set up favorable deals with trucking companies and exploit the rank and file chapter members.
The senators wanted Corallo to explain the theft of $70,000 from Teamsters Union local 239 by using names of dead mob members.
[2] On December 7, 1961, Corallo was indicted on charges of trying to bribe New York Supreme Court Justice J. Vincent Keogh and former U.S. Attorney Elliot Kanaher.
[4] On January 23, 1961, New York Police subpoenaed Corallo after finding out he was hiding in a Long Island home that was rented by his associate Felice Falco.
However, on December 18, 1967, Corallo was indicted on charges of receiving a kickback payment from a contractor for the renovation of the Jerome Park Reservoir in the Bronx.
Also indicted was James L. Marcus, the former city water commissioner, who had started dealing with Corallo due to loanshark debts.
With the help of a union official named Bernie Adelstein, the front business would be called Private Sanitation Industry Association.
Next, with the help of Lucchese capo Paul Vario and his crew, Corallo would gain power at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
To gather evidence against Avellino, members of the New York State Organized Crime Task Force (OCTF) used undercover informant Robert Kubecka, the owner of a Suffolk County garbage hauling business.
[13] In 1983, members of the New York State Organized Crime Task Force (OCTF) installed an electronic surveillance device inside the dashboard on Avellino's Jaguar while he and his wife were at a dinner dance.
These conversations were shared with federal prosecutors and provided them with invaluable evidence against Corallo and other family bosses in the Mafia Commission Trial.