Freddy DiCongilio

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Alfred "Fast Freddy" DiCongilio is a New York mobster and bookmaker with the Gambino crime family who was unsuccessfully prosecuted in three high-profile murder cases. DiCongilio did not become a made man, or full member, of the family, until he reached age 77. DiCongilio reportedly was arrested many times during his criminal career for illegal gambling.

In June, 1988, DiConiglio and Gambino mobster Dominick Pizzonia allegedly murdered mobster Frank Boccia and dumped his body in the ocean. Boccia was married to the daughter of Gambino soldier Anthony Ruggiano Sr., then in prison. Boccia's offense was that he reportedly slapped his mother-in-law, Ruggiano's wife. Gambino boss John Gotti then authorized Boccia's murder. The body was never recovered.

In 1992, DiConiglio and Pizzonia allegedly murdered Thomas and Rosemarie Uva, a married couple who robbed a number of social clubs run by several New York Cosa Nostra families. Armed with an Uzi submachine gun, Thomas would enter the clubs, demand cash and jewelry, and force his mobster victims to drop their pants. Rosemarie drove the getaway car. Mobsters soon dubbed the couple "Bonnie and Clyde" after the Depression-era bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. However, the victimized crime families, including the Gambinos, took these heists very seriously. On Dec. 24, 1992, the Uvas were found shot to death in their car in Queens.

In 2007, prosecutors indicted DiConiglio and Pizzonia for racketeering and the three murders, based primarily on the testimonies of mobster-turned-government witness Michael DiLeonardo. However, in May 2007 a New York jury found DiCongilio to be innocent of all charges. Pizzonia was convicted of racketeering, but exonerated of the three murders.