Salvatore Scala

In 1999, Scala was promoted to the rank of capo and oversaw a crew of ten made men and associates.

On May 18, 2001, Scala was convicted of extorting money from the owner of Cherry's Video, an adult entertainment store on Long Island.

Part of the evidence included an undercover video of a Gambino soldier visiting the store.

[3] In March 2007, Scala was convicted of tax evasion and of extorting $2.5 million from Manhattan's V.I.P.

[4] On December 30, 2008, Scala died in federal prison in Butner, North Carolina, from liver cancer.