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James "Jimmy Nap" Napoli (November 4, 1911 – December 29, 1992) was aNew York mobster who was aCaporegime in theGenovese crime family. From the 1950s to the 1980s, he controlled one of the largestillegal gambling operations in theUnited States.[1][2]
Napoli was known as a "Gentleman's Gentleman". Intelligent and well-respected, Napoli maintained ties to most of the major crime families.[citation needed]
Jimmy Nap usedCrisci’s Restaurant as a base for his job activities.[3]
In 1969, Napoli was indicted for fixing several boxing matches. In the 1970s, Napoli reportedly operated the largest numbers operation in the United States. By 1976, the operation allegedly employed 2,000 people and grossed over $150 million a year. Napoli apparently ran this huge operation from a lounge in theGreenpoint section ofBrooklyn. In 1978, Napoli was convicted for gambling and sentenced to five years in federal prison.[4]
In July 1988, Napoli was indicted on murder conspiracy charges. He had been taped byFederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents as he discussed the attempted murders ofGambino crime family bossJohn Gotti,Gene Gotti and mob associateIrwin Schiff.[5]
On December 29, 1992, Napoli died of natural causes in theKips Bay section ofManhattan.[6] He was buried inSt. John Cemetery, Queens, New York.
Napoli was married to Grace Perrota from November 29, 1933 until her death in 1962, with whom he had five children (four sons and a daughter). Napoli later got remarried toJeanne Napoli, a former nightclub singer and theatrical producer, with whom he had two daughters. In 1984, Napoli invested $250,000 in an unsuccessful musical biography of actressMarilyn Monroe that starred Jeanne.[6]
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