Angelo F. Ponte (April 20, 1925 – December 12, 2018) was an American mobster. He was reportedly active in theGenovese family'scartingrackets for many decades. He was careful to cultivate political connections, and managed to have himself named aKnight of Malta by theCatholic Church.
Ponte was a target of theoperation wasteland investigation. On January 28, 1997, he pleaded guilty to participating in aMafia run operation to control and manipulate thecartage business in New York City. At the same hearing, his son Vincent pleaded guilty to paying a $10,000 bribe.[1]
He was the founder of F. Illi Ponte Ristorante on the West Side highway and has extensive real estate holdings throughout theLower West Side (Manhattan). Ponte died in February 2017 at the age of 92. He had four siblings: Vincent, John, Margaret, and Dina.[2][3]
He is also a major character in the book Takedown: The Fall of the Last Mafia Empire by Rick Cowan. Ponte is one of four brothers Frank, Anthony, and Joseph. It is rumored to be that they are also part of the Genovese crime family.
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