An ex-con with links to the Gambino crime family was found guilty of bank robbery and firearms charges today after a mob associate flipped to testify against him.
A jury in Brooklyn federal court deliberated for less than two hours before convicting Gary Fama.
Fama, 47, who has previous convictions on firearms and drug charges, faces 17 years in prison when he is sentenced by Judge William Kuntz II.
His accomplice, Gambino associate Jack Mannino, 44, has cut a deal with prosecutors and is awaiting sentencing.
Mannino – who has 24 New York bank heists under his belt and was dubbed the “Seven Second Bandit” for his speedy robberies – testified that he and and Fama held up a Capital One Bank in Bensonhurst last Dec. 29.
They fled the bank with a bag of cash, but things went awry when a dye pack exploded inside the money pouch, and the transmission blew out on their getaway car, Mannino told the jury.
They panicked after hearing sirens of responding police cars and jumped out of the Lexus – leaving behind a wallet and cellphone, Mannino said.
That helped FBI agents track them down.