June 4, 2009
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Mafia
princess Victoria Gotti made a deal with the feds that would
have made her late father, mob boss John Gotti, proud.
Gotti will get to keep her Long Island mansion, which she
was about to lose to foreclosure, after agreeing to pay an
undisclosed sum for 11 commercial properties previously owned
by her ex-husband, Carmine Agnello. Agnello, who got out of
prison earlier this year, still owes the government $7 million
of a $10 million ruling against him.
Until the deal was made, Agnello's mother owned the properties
was was attempting to sell them. Victoria Gotti will now be
able to sell the properties to pay off the $700,000 currently
owed on the mortgage on her home -- a mortage she says Agnello
took out without her knowledge.
From the New York Daily News:
The Gambino glamour girl will pay an undisclosed sum for 11
commercial properties that were once owned by her ex-con ex-husband,
Carmine Agnello.
Agnello's mother was demanding $4 million for three of properties
even though they had been appraised - even before the recession
- at only $2 million.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Edward Newman strongly suggested
Wednesday those parcels might be forefeited to the government
if it turns out Angello is the real owner.
"There are substantial curiosities in the history of
those properties...somebody needs to be put under oath,"
Newman said in Brooklyn Federal Court.
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