en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolo_Rizzuto
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Rizzuto had two grandsons by his son Vito and his wife Giovanna Cammalleri, Leonardo Rizzuto and Nicolo "Nick" Rizzuto Jr., and a granddaughter, Maria Rizzuto.
This misidentifies Vito Rizzuto's daughter. Reliable sources say Vito's three children were Nick Jr., Leonardo, and Libertina ("Bettina") Rizzuto; Maria Rizzuto was Nicolo Rizzuto's daughter, not his granddaughter.
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The claim says Nicolo Rizzuto's granddaughter through Vito was Maria Rizzuto. But multiple sources identify Vito Rizzuto's three children as Nicolo (Nick Jr.), Leonardo, and Libertina/Bettina.
In Mafia Inc.: The Long, Bloody Reign of Canada's Sicilian Clan, André Cédilot and André Noël write that Vito's family consisted of his wife Giovanna and their three children: Nick Jr., Leonardo, and Libertina. In the same book, they also state that Vito and Giovanna's first daughter, born in 1973, was named Libertina after her grandmother.
The article appears to have confused Maria Rizzuto—who was Nicolo Rizzuto's daughter and Paolo Renda's wife—with Vito Rizzuto's daughter. That makes the sentence factually incorrect as written.
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- MAFIA INC - Mafia Inc.: The Long, Bloody Reign of Canada's Sicilian Clan - André Cédilot, André Noël
The four members of the family were Vito’s wife, Giovanna, and their three children: Nick Jr., the eldest, as well as Leonardo and Libertina, both lawyers.
- FROM CATTOLICA ERACLEA TO MONTREAL - Mafia Inc.: The Long, Bloody Reign of Canada's Sicilian Clan - André Cédilot, André Noël
Giovanna Cammalleri Rizzuto gave birth to her first child on December 4, 1967... In the meantime, a second son, Leonardo, had been born on June 8, 1969... the couple’s first daughter, who arrived on February 22, 1973, would be named for her paternal grandmother, Libertina.
Rizzuto was incarcerated twice, once in 1988 on drug charges where he served five years in a Venezuelan prison, and the other in 2006 where he served two years in jail of a tax evasion charge.
This mixes up two separate cases. Rizzuto's 2006-2008 jail time was tied to Project Colisée and proceeds-of-crime charges; his 2010 tax-evasion case ended with a fine, not a two-year jail term.
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The sentence incorrectly says Rizzuto's second incarceration was for a tax evasion charge. Contemporary reporting and book-length accounts show otherwise.
After his November 22, 2006 arrest in Project Colisée, Rizzuto remained in custody and on September 18, 2008 pleaded guilty to possession/concealment of proceeds of crime for the benefit of a criminal organization. He received a four-year sentence, but because he had already spent two years in custody and received double credit, he was released the same day.
His tax evasion case was separate and later. On February 11, 2010, Rizzuto pleaded guilty to two tax-evasion counts and was ordered to pay a $209,000 fine. Reporting at the time explicitly says he walked out of court a free man; the case did not produce the two-year jail term described here.
So the claim is wrong because it attributes the 2006-2008 incarceration to tax evasion instead of to the organized-crime proceeds case.
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- COLLAPSE - Mafia Inc.: The Long, Bloody Reign of Canada's Sicilian Clan - André Cédilot, André Noël
On September 18, 2008... Rizzuto simply nodded... if he wished to plead guilty to two charges: possession of the proceeds of crime and concealment of the proceeds of crime for the benefit of a criminal organization. Four weeks later, he was sentenced to four years in prison... that time happened to be two years—he was released the same day.
- Reputed mob boss pleads guilty to tax evasion | Globalnews.ca
Nicolo Rizzuto... pleaded guilty Thursday morning to two counts of tax evasion... He was sentenced to pay a $209,000 fine... Rizzuto made a brief appearance before Quebec Court Justice Jean-Pierre Bonin and then exited the Montreal courthouse.
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, a borough in Montreal
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce is not one of Montréal's boroughs. It is a neighbourhood within the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.
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This phrase misstates Montréal's local geography.
The City of Montréal's official list of boroughs includes Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce as a borough. On the city's borough page, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (NDG) is described as part of that borough and even referenced as a neighbourhood. So NDG itself is not a separate borough; it is a neighbourhood within the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.
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- Boroughs | Ville de Montréal
Visit the individual pages of each of Montréal's 19 boroughs... Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce...
- Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | Ville de Montréal
Borough Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce... NDG: 150 Years of Community History Notre-Dame-de-Grâce is celebrating its 150th anniversary!... Everything you need to know about the Borough of Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, its attractions and its neighbourhoods.