Joey Merlino
Gangster, Organization member
1962 –
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Who is Joey Merlino?
Joseph Salvatore "Skinny Joey" Merlino is an American mobster believed to be the boss of the Philadelphia crime family despite various front and acting bosses being officially the boss, and is said to have led it primarily in extortion, bookmaking, drug trafficking, and loan sharking.
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- Born
- Mar 16, 1962
Philadelphia - Also known as
- Skinny Joey
- Joseph Salvatore Merlino
- The John Gotti of Passyunk Avenue
- Joe
- Parents
- Spouses
- Children
- Religion
- Roman Catholic Church
- Ethnicity
- Italian American
- Italian people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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