During his lifetime and extensive underworld career, Tony Romeo became widely known throughout the law enforcement community and local media as Binghamton’s “gambling czar.”
Initially, Tony Romeo seemed to know almost everyone within Binghamton’s underworld.
Yet, the New York State Police and Binghamton Police Department generally viewed Romeo as an influential “independent” type gambler who was not “connected” to any Mafia Family, per se.
It was only after a deeper investigation into his affairs and through the use of several well-placed police informants that Federal and State law enforcement authorities learned that Antonio (Tony) Romeo was, in fact, a key operative and top criminal “associate” of the Barbara/Bufalino Family, who operated under the guidance and protection of then-underboss Rosario (Russ) Bufalino.
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