One of the mobbed-up suspects busted in the NBA gambling scheme is Nicholas “Fat Nick” Minucci — whose vicious, racially charged baseball bat beating of a black man in Howard Beach, Queens, captivated New Yorkers for months more than two decades ago.

Minucci — a Gambino associate who now stands accused of playing on “cheating teams” in the rigged card games — was convicted of the vile hate crime assault on then 22-year-old Glenn Moore in 2006.

Minucci, who was then 19 years old, chased down Moore on the morning of June 29, 2005 and hit him in the head with a Louisville Slugger while shouting the n-word. 4

“You f- – -ing n- – – – -! What are you doing in my neighborhood?” he shouted, according to prosecutors.

At his dramatic three-week-long trial, Minucci — who was not a know

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