Augustus Sclafani
Augustus Sclafani, d. 1986, also known as "Big Gus", was a New York mobster who was a mob associate with the Gambino crime family. Sclafani is not to be confused with the younger Augustus "Gus Boy" Sclafani, another Gambino family member.
During the 1970s, Sclafani and Mildred Russo, his mother-in-law, used her position as a court clerk in the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to leak confidential information on the Gambino family to Paul Castellano. In 1987, both Russo and Sclafani were indicted for racketeering and conspiracy to obstruct justice. Sclafini had already been declared as a fugitive from justice, although law enforcement believed that Sclafani was dead.
According to mob witness
After Castellano's murder, DeCicco told Gravano that "Gus is gone."
External links
- The Smoking Gun.com: Murder of Augustus Sclafani
- New York Times: FORMER COURT CLERK ADMITS GIVING INFORMATION TO MOB By LEONARD BUDER
- Real Deal Forum: New York Times Former Gotti Henchman Faces New Charges on Release by ALAN FEUER
