Domenico Cutaia
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Domenico "Danny" Cutaia (b. November 22, 1936 East New York, Brooklyn) is a Brooklyn mafioso and captain in the Lucchese crime family. Cutaia's son Salvatore Cutaia and son-in-law John Baudanza are both Lucchese soldiers. He is also related through marriage to Colombo crime family capo Carmine Baudanza and Angelina Baudanza who are the parents of John, Lucchese crime family associate Gerard Degeolamo, who is related to his mother Nina Cutaia, Lucchese crime family capo Michael Corcione and seven other Lucchese and Colombo crime family associates.
A former bodyguard and chauffeur for boss Paul Vario, Cutaia soon had his own crew based in Brooklyn. In 1990, the family's acting boss, Alphonse "Little Al" D'Arco, appointed Cutaia, then a family soldier, to a position within the family's "Construction Panel", which was headed by capos Dominic Truscello and Steven Crea, later on Vic Amusso and Anthony Casso appointed Richard Pagliarulo to the panel.
Cutaia was a member of the Al D'Arco's crew. He eventually became a leader in the Brooklyn faction after George Conte, George Zappola, and Frank "Bones" Papagni went to prison. In the mid-1990s, Cutaia was arrested for loansharking. In 2006, Baudanza was busted for operating a multi-million dollar stock fraud scam in conjunction with the Colombo crime family. Part of the profits were funneled to Cutaia, who was not charged with any crimes.
In August, 2005, Cutaia, was released from prison after a two year sentence for extortion. He was supposed banned from communicating with family members until August 2008. However, in January 2007 it was reported that Cutaia was the primary liaison between jailed boss Vittorio "Vic" Amuso and three capos, Aniello "Neil" Migliore, Joseph "Joey Dee" DiNapoli and Matthew Madonna, who are currently running the Lucchese crime family in his absence.
On February 28, 2008, Cutaia, along with his son Salvatore Cutaia, a family soldier, his son-in-law John Baudanza, and Cutaia's second-in-command and former acting capo Michael "Mikey Bones" Corcione, as well as three family associates, were indicted in the Eastern District of New York, on federal racketeering charges, some of which date back to the 1980s, including loansharking, extortionate collection of credit, extortion, marijuana distribution conspiracy, illegal gambling, bank fraud, and mail fraud.
