11.  Persico wanted his son, Alphonse, to succeed him, but the move was opposed by a faction loyal to Victor Orena, the acting boss.

12.  The crew reported to Anthony Spero, the former acting boss of the Bonanno family, and Joseph Benanti, a Bonanno family soldier, the indictment said.

13.  The indictment identifies Crea as the acting boss and Datello as a soldier in the Lucchese crime family.

14.  The younger Gotti, known as Junior, was identified in the indictment as the acting Gambino boss on behalf of his father.

15.  About the same time, Paciello was observed introducing the undercover agent to Alphonse Persico, then the acting boss of the Colombo crime family, authorities said.

16.  Also charged were two men who prosecutors say were part of a three-member ruling panel that served as acting bosses in the absence of the jailed Riggi.

17.  In Brooklyn, Spero had finished his stint as acting boss.