Opinion ID: 787685
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Heading: Polito's Unsuccessful Attempts to Switch Crews

Text: 13 Most of the participants in the Chemical Bank robbery were members of a Genovese Family crew that reported to Genovese capo Alley Shades Malangone. At the time of the bank robbery, Zito was trying to avoid attention from law enforcement by keeping a low profile; Zito made it known that he did not want anyone from his crew committing armed robberies. As noted above, at the time of the Chemical Bank robbery, Polito owed several hundred thousand dollars in loansharking and gambling debts and participated in the robbery to get money to pay down some of his debts. 14 Following the bank robbery, Polito began spending more time with members of Malangone's crew. According to D'Urso, Polito did this so that he could participate in more significant crimes, repay his outstanding gambling debts, and eventually become a made member of the Genovese Family. Lombardi became angry at Polito upon learning that Polito was hanging out with Malangone's crew. But when Lombardi tried to stop Polito from hanging out with Malangone's crew, Lombardi was reprimanded by Malangone, who told Lombardi that he had no authority to tell Polito what to do because Lombardi was not a made member of the Genovese Family. Lombardi then complained to Zito, who called Malangone. Zito told Malangone that he didn't want Polito hanging out with Malangone's crew; Malangone deferred, agreeing that he [would] stop it.