The government considered DeSeranno an associate of the national mafia organization La Cosa Nostra, or LCN for short, who worked as a host for Hilton Hotels and Casino in Las Vegas.ĭeSeranno gambled and lost big, from $300,000-$500,000 a year.
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"It’s old news," Cohen said, "and my client didn’t do anything wrong.”Īlthough the trial happened in 2007, the transcript did not appear in Giacalone’s court file until 2018, 11 years after his acquittal, and was discovered as Giacalone faced prison time earlier this month in connection with an overdue tax bill of more than $537,222.ĭeSeranno and Mickelson made an unlikely pair. Mickelson did not know about DeSeranno’s background while placing sports bets with the bookie, the golfer’s lawyer, Glenn Cohen, told The News on Tuesday.
And his uncle, the late mob captain Anthony "Tony Jack" Giacalone, was supposed to meet Hoffa the day the labor leader disappeared in 1975. Giacalone's dad was the late, admitted mob captain Vito "Billy Jack" Giacalone, a suspect in the unsolved disappearance of Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa. Mickelson, 51, is scheduled to make his first appearance at the tournament two months after he became the oldest major champion in golf history by winning the PGA Championship.Īccording to the trial transcript, DeSeranno was questioned about Mickelson after receiving immunity from federal prosecutors and testified as a government witness in the 2007 racketeering trial of Jack Giacalone, a reputed organized crime leader in Metro Detroit. Mickelson, who has not been accused of wrongdoing, is headlining the Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club, which starts Thursday. Previously unreported gambling allegations outlined in a trial transcript filed in federal court in Detroit link Mickelson with one of the biggest gamblers in Detroit history, “Dandy" Don DeSeranno, who also handled bets for big shots as a Las Vegas casino host and bookie from 1994-2002. Detroit - A mob-connected bookie from Grosse Pointe Park handled lucrative bets for Phil Mickelson and was accused of cheating the PGA Tour golfer out of $500,000, according to federal court records obtained by The Detroit News.
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