Gotti grandson gets 15-month prison term in COVID loan fraud

A grandson of late Gambino crime boss John Gotti was sentenced Monday to 15 months in federal prison for his role in a $1.1 million COVID-19 relief loan fraud scheme, authorities said.

Carmine Gotti Agnello, 40, of Oyster Bay, was also sentenced in federal court in Central Islip to two years of supervised release, during which he must complete 100 hours of community service and undergo mental health counseling, including treatment for a gambling addiction, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.

“It was wrong, selfish and criminal,” Agnello told U.S. District Court Judge Nusrat Choudhury before sentencing, Newsday reported. “I carry a great deal of guilt and shame for my actions.”

Agnello, who turned 40 earlier this month, must turn himself in on July 20 to begin serving his sentence. His attorney asked that he be allowed to serve the term at the federal prison in Otisville.

Joseph Nocella, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York didn’t mince words in describing the seriousness of Agnello’s crime.

“During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the defendant shamefully lined his own pockets with government and taxpayers’ dollars which he must repay as part of today’s sentence,” he said.

Ahead of Monday’s court proceeding, federal prosecutors had recommended a prison term of 33 to 41 months and argued in recent court filings that Agnello should receive no sentencing consideration tied to the proposed organ donation.

Agnello’s grandfather — the flamboyant Gambino boss known as “The Teflon Don” — died in federal prison in Missouri in 2002 after convictions in multiple mob-related murders.

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