It’s a thug supergroup.
The FBI busted a loan-sharking ring featuring an unlikely trio of associates: an alleged Gambino crime-family member, a Westies gangster and a motorcycle gang member, authorities said yesterday.
NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly likened the bust to hitting it big at the racetrack.
“With alleged involvement of the Gambinos, Westies and Hells Angels, this case hit the trifecta of loan-sharking and extortion,” Kelly said.
Brooklyn-based feds pinched reputed Gambino James Ferrara, Westies gang member Daniel Hanley and Demon Knights motorcycle thug Peter Kanakis for running the menacing outfit, officials said. The Knights are a spin-off of the Hells Angels.
Authorities said those who didn’t repay loans were threatened with brass knuckles, bats and, in one victim’s case, a bullet that narrowly whizzed by him as he left his house for work.
“If you default on a loan from a financial institution, you may lose property pledged as collateral. If you borrowed from these alleged gangsters, you risked losing life and limb,” said Mary Galligan, the FBI’s acting assistant director.
Assistant US Attorney Loretta Lynch said the thugs had a lot in common because they “spoke the same language of violence, threats and intimidation to their victims.”
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