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About James Napoli
- James "Jimmy Nap" Napoli (November 4, 1911 – December 29, 1992) was a New York mobster who was a Caporegime in the Genovese crime family.
- From the 1950s to the 1980s, he controlled one of the largest illegal gambling operations in the United States.Napoli enjoyed fine foods, good wines, and a life of luxury.
- Jimmy was known as a "Gentleman's Gentleman".
- Intelligent and well-respected, Napoli maintained ties to most of the major crime families.
- Napoli was married to Jeanne Napoli, a former night club singer and theatrical producer.
- In 1984, Napoli invested $250,000 in an unsuccessful musical biography of actress Marilyn Monroe that starred Jeanie.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 the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn.
- In 1978, Napoli was convicted for gambling and sentenced to five years in federal prison. In July 1988, Napoli was indicted on murder conspiracy charges.
- He had been taped by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents as he discussed the attempted murders of Gambino crime family boss John Gotti, Gene Gotti and mob associate Irwin Schiff.
- On December 29, 1992, Napoli died of natural causes in the Kips Bay section of Manhattan.
- He was buried in St.
- John Cemetery, Queens, New York.
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