The once-feared New York City mafia has deteriorated into a network of small-time crooks, informants, and aging wise guys, according to the New York Post .

The five reputed heads of the city’s crime families, Theodore “Teddy Boy” Persico of the Colombo family, Michael “Big Mike” DeSantis of the Luchese family, Barney Bellomo of the Genovese family, Mike “The Nose” Mancuso of the Bonanno family, and Lorenzo Mannino of the Gambino family are all currently out of prison, according to the outlet.

This week, federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment in Brooklyn charging 31 defendants across 11 states in a high-tech poker cheating scheme allegedly run by La Cosa Nostra, with underground games in Manhattan where celebrity participation such as, Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups

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