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Arthur Gianelli
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This is Arthur Gianelli,
brother-in-law of imprisoned FBI agent/Whitey gangster Zip Connolly.
He
was indicted last winter, along with Winter Hill legbreaker Joe Yerardi,
AKA Joey Y, who ran Johnny Martorano’s rackets for him while the Winter
Hill hitman was on the lam between 1978 and 1995. Joey Y was just
released from prison February 3, and now he's back inside. His wife, Rafia Feghi, who had a hack job working for state auditor Joe DeNucci,
was also indicted.
DeNucci and Joey Y are both from Newton; DeNucci said he knows the
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This is Gianelli (with beard) at Zip’s FBI farewell dinner in December 1990. He’s married to Liz Moore Connolly’s sister and has a reputation for having a vicious temper, especially when he’s around women he’s not married to. He and Zip were great pals, which is why they bought adjoining property in Lynnfield that used to belong to Mob legbreaker Rocco Botta. Odd that Zip would invite a gangster to a cops’ sit-down – or maybe not. Now in a photo finish with a federal grand jury in Worcester, Gianelli borrowed $100,000 from Liz, and then the feds froze his assets. He still owes the Connollys $98,000. When you lie down with dogs, Liz…. |
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