During his career in organized crime, Casso was regarded as a "homicidal maniac" in the Italian-American Mafia as he admitted to the government responsibility for 36 murders but most likely committed many . But his rise in the ranks of organized crime correlated directly to his paranoia. Attorney Michael Rosenthal said Burt Kaplan hired him to file a notice of termination, the first step in an eviction. When he had called with his cousins that day in 1989 to the house in Bayside, to sit and talk with his sister-in-law, he surely knew it was all over, and that Michael had gone for good. In Macabre Detail, Witness Tells of Murders for Mob by Detectives Facing charges that would have all but assured he would die in prison, he continued ordering hits outside, but also began making escape plans. That same year, Kaplan transferred his own home on 85th Street in Bensonhurst in order to shield his own assets from the government, claimed private investigator Dave Giordano, who has probed Kaplans dealings on behalf of Eppolito. Anthony Casso. Vincent Fish Cafaro, a soldier in the Genovese crime family, gave evidence before a Congressional Committee on Organized Crime in 1988. Throughout his career as a mobster, Casso was responsible for up to 100 murders. Frank Lastorino, they found, was regularly calling a cell phone near Budd Lake, New Jersey. According to Casso, "After that, Marat didn't have any problems with other Russians."[25]. The trucking operation was the life-blood of the business, connecting the heart (the district) to the limbs (Chinatown.) An investigator who covered Cassos cases described him as a ruthless homicidal maniac who enjoyed killing.. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. On the same day, February 12th, six miles across town in Jackson Heights, Michaels brother Fred, was also being interviewed by an agent of the FBI, in his modest row house on a tree-lined street. Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Ira Harkavy ruled recently that the statute of limitations had passed on Casso Jr.'s allegations that Kaplan had fraudulently obtained ownership of the home from Anthony Casso Sr. in 1985 as part of a money-laundering scheme. In the end, Anthony Casso pleaded guilty to 72 criminal counts that included racketeering, extortion, and 14 counts of first-degree murder. Things got heated up in 1986 after he was shot six times by unknown hit men. The famous media personality Kelly Sasso has an estimated net worth of around $3 Million as per numerous sources. Casso then requested a photograph of Reznikov and a description of his car. Perhaps in that last and fleeting moment, he embraced the finality, but still could not accept the reason. // WTAE-TV anchor, Kelly Sasso is married to Nicolas Sasso (Bio, Age He never returned home. [16] According to Casso, DeCicco alleged during their meeting that Castellano's carelessness in allowing his own house to be bugged was reason enough to kill him. Anthony Casso was a loan shark before joining the Lucchese crime family and rising in the ranks to become an underboss. In an interview with Philip Carlo, Casso recalled, "Most all men in my life, everyone I know, had girlfriends.