The underboss of the Bonanno crime family was sentenced to two years in prison today on racketeering extortion charges after he was caught on tape by the ex-husband of a “Mob Wives” star.
Nicholas “Nicky Mouth” Santora, 70, the crime family’s reputed second-in-command, must also serve three years probation and forfeit $5,000 – although he says he doesn’t have the cash.
Part of his sentence — four months — is a penalty for spending time with wiseguys and committing the extortion while on probation for an earlier mob conviction.
Brooklyn federal Judge Carol Amon noted that Santora was present at a sit-down discuss of an overdue loan and “played a critical role” in the collection negotiations.
Santora already had pleaded guilty to taking part in the Mafia shakedown from 2006 to 2008 to recoup a debt.
“I was trying to collect the money — that’s all,” Santora said at an earlier hearing.
His arrest last year came after Hector “Junior” Pagan, a Bonanno associate and the ex-husband of “Mob Wives” star Renee Graziano, recorded more than 70 conversations with Santora that centered on talk about Mafia business, officials say.
Pagan – who was featured on the VH1 reality show – left the mob to become a DEA informant.
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