Three defendants — Joseph Armone and Charles Bottiglieri of Fort Lauderdale and Eugene Vardis of Hollywood — were acquitted at the midway point of the trial. U.S. District Judge Sidney ...

One of those charged was Joseph Armone, 75, of New York, identified by proseuctors as an underboss of the Gambino family who is awaiting sentencing in New York City on a 1987 racketeering conviction.

He is nephew to former John Gotti Sr. underboss Joseph “Joe Piney” Armone, and his brother, John “Handsome Jack” Giordano, was Gotti Sr.’s one-time right-hand man. Joseph Giordano served ...