Son Gets Life for Murdering Mafia Gambling Kingpin Father in New York

The son of a reputed New York Mafia gambling kingpin will spend the rest of his life in prison for arranging the murder of his father.

Anthony Zottola was convicted last fall of hiring a hitman to kill Sylvester “Sally Daz” Zottola, 71, who was gunned down in a Bronx McDonald’s drive-thru in October 2018. On Friday, a federal judge in Brooklyn handed him a mandatory life sentence plus 112 years in prison.

Zottola senior was a reputed associate of the Lucchese crime family, one of New York City’s five Mafia families. He ran an illegal gambling machine racket in bars and private clubs and had parlayed the profits over the years into a $40 million property empire.

Anthony Zottola arranged for hitman Himen Ross to kill his father so he could gain control of the property business. Sylvester Zottola was shot several times in the head and body as he sat in his car at the fast-food restaurant waiting for a cup of coffee.

 

[magnus2022]

Materialism is a curse to those that don't know limits. What a diastrous end of a family. The family was build on falsehoods, lack of morals and uncanny love for material things. The father did not care and spare some time with the child and teach him that love is more valuable than money.

 

[swift]

Materialism is a curse to those that don't know limits. What a diastrous end of a family. The family was build on falsehoods, lack of morals and uncanny love for material things. The father did not care and spare some time with the child and teach him that love is more valuable than money.

I think that's why gambling should not be introduced to any youth at the tender age , because they could even lose their morals and not understand the steps they are taking , this is categorically what I actually noticed in some certain people