Crime & Safety
Former New Hyde Park Football Player Spared Jail Time
Informant Gaetano "Guy" Fatato helped FBI infiltrate Colombo crime family.
Former New Hyde Memorial football player and mom informant was spared jail time on alleged drug charges by federal prosecutors in Brooklyn on Friday.
Gaetano “Guy” Fatato avoided jail time but was fined $15,000 as, according to Newsday:
...[Fatato] deserved a break because he helped the FBI infiltrate the Colombo crime family and testified against mobsters as well as Christian Tarantino, the onetime Dix Hills health club operator who was convicted of three murders.
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Assistant U.S. Attorney James Gatta told U.S. District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto that although Fatato had kept his family together and built up a stable business under his assumed identity, he and his wife lived in fear of retribution from the mob.
Fatato had pled guilty in 2004 to charges that included conspiracy to distribute methamphetamines. He also was convicted on charges of drugs, forgery and racketeering.
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As an informant for the FBI, Fatato made over 250 recordings of Colombo figures including former underboss John “Sonny” Franzese and captain Michael Uvino.
Fatato played football at Division I Bowling Green and played at the college level for Nassau Community College and LIU Post.
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