
Louis Mastrangelo (31 July 1945–) was a capo in the Gambino crime family. He was indicted on racketeering conspiracy charges during Mafia Takedown Day in 2011, where 126 other mobsters were arrested.
Biography[]
Mastrangelo was born on 31 July 1945 to an Italian-American family in New York City. He joined the Gambino crime family and became a made man around the 1980s. Mastrangelo worked for Gambino capo Dominick Pizzonia, and took over his crew after Pizzonia was sent to prison on racketeering charges in 2007. Despite controlling extortion, loansharking and illegal gambling activities in Queens and Long Island, Mastrangelo was known for being an inefficient moneymaker, and Gambino soldier Vincenzo Frogiero was transferred to his crew to help him make more revenue. Within the family, he was close to consigliere Joseph Corozzo and notorious capo Bartolomeo Vernace, with whom he was observed attending multiple wakes, and he also frequented Vernace's social club in Glendale. On 20 January 2011, Mastrangelo was arrested on various racketeering charges along with Corozzo, Vernace and capo Alphonse Trucchio. He pled guilty in exchange for a reduced sentence in 2012, and he was released from custody on 1 October 2014.