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'' ` fbi mugshot of vincent asaro '' ' ozone park , queens , new york 1935 vincent asaro
 vincent asaro
vincent asaro

vincent `` vinny '' asaro -lrb- born 1935 -rrb- is a new york city mobster and captain in the bonanno crime family .
according to lucchese crime family associate turned informant henry hill , asaro was a caporegime in the bonanno crime family who oversaw the family 's interests in jfk airport .
asaro is the nephew of michael zaffarano and since the 1970s , controlled a crew in the queens faction in the crime family .
with his father 's help , jerome asaro also became a captain in the bonanno family .
however , the two men had a falling out in later years and did not speak with each other .
on january 23 , 2014 asaro was indicted on federal racketeering charges stemming from the 1978 lufthansa heist .
the charges also included the theft of $ 1.25 million of gold salts , involvement in the pornography industry , and for the ordering of the murder of a cousin who testified in court.arrested along with asaro were his son jerome , acting boss thomas difiore , acting capo giacomo bonventre , and soldier john ragano .
controversially , author daniel simone , henry hill 's co-writer of their upcoming book , the lufthansa heist , claims that henry hill asserted to him that `` asaro had no involvement in the famous robbery . ''
asaro is currently a suspect in the 1969 death of paul katz .
katz owned a warehouse that asaro and james burke used to store stolen goods .
when law enforcement raided the warehouse , asasro and burke immediately suspected katz of being a government informant .
the two men allegedly killed katz with a dog chain and buried his remains under a vacant house .
when the nypd reopened the katz case , asaro and burke allegedly moved the remains to the house of burke daughter and reburied them there .
in 2013 , a police search uncovered the remains .
