Mr. Cacace, they said, is now the acting boss of the Colombo family.
The indictment identifies Mr. Crea as the acting boss and Mr. Datello as a soldier in the Lucchese crime family.
Prosecutors say the man the Gotti family calls Uncle Peter then took the position of acting boss.
The Gotti was Peter Gotti, who prosecutors say is the acting boss of the Gambino crime family.
After the imprisonment of the longtime Genovese family leader Vincent Gigante in 1997, Mr. Ianniello served as acting boss of the crime family.
According to the Financial Times, he says a government minister, believed to be Abdulhafid Zlitni, is now the acting boss of the monetary authority.
It was in prison in 2004 that Mr. Massino learned from his lawyer that Mr. Basciano had appointed himself the acting boss.
The reputed acting boss of the Gambino crime family was granted $2 million bail — so he can go back to his $700-a-week 700-a-week 700-a-week job
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn yesterday unsealed an indictment of Louis Daidone, who they say is the acting boss of the Luchese crime family.
Followers of "The Sopranos" on HBO remember Mr. Rispoli as Jackie Aprile, the acting boss of a gangland family who died of cancer a few years ago.
Investigators said that a family truce was arranged in the mid-1990's and that Alphonse Persico was recognized as acting boss by the Colombo gang last year.
