Accused Mafia cop Stephen Caracappa leaves Brooklyn Federal Court after he was arraigned on new charges in connection with the 1986 kidnapping and murder of a diamond dealer. Caracappa and fellow retired Detective Louis Eppolito have been charged in eight other mob slayings and of being on the Mafia payroll while working for the NYPD. The two ex-cops have been free on $5 million bail since July 21.
Brooklyn federal prosecutors wanted to attach the monthly NYPD retirement pension the city pays to Stephen Caracappa, 71, a former detective convicted of a range of mob-related convictions, including murder.
But the feds told a judge yesterday that they recently learned the former officer’s pension cannot be confiscated because of laws that prohibit the seizure of pensions for people on accident-disability retirement.
The feds hit Caracappa, who served as hit man for the Luchese crime family, with a forfeiture order after his conviction, and he still owes more than $4.2 million, prosecutors say.
Caracappa currently receives more than $5,600 a month from the city.
Caracappa is serving a life term behind bars and is housed currently in a federal prison in central Florida.
Source: nypost.com