Long Island detective who, according to the police, illuminated for the mafia declared guilty of lying to the FBI

A Nassau County police claimed that it was the moonlight for the Bonanno crime family was guilty of making false statements to the FBI by a federal jury in Brooklyn on Wednesday.

The prosecutors alleged that Det. Héctor Rosario, 51, I was on the payroll of Bonanos to protect their illegal game operationswhich were carried out for more than 10 years within coffee shops and sports clubs in Queens and Long Island.

During the same time, the Genovese family allegedly operated illegal gambling businesses outside their own locations in Queens and Long Island, including the repair of salt shoes in Merrick and the Italian Club Calcium Center in western Babylon, according to judicial documents.

According to prosecutors, the Bonannos paid Rosario to try to close rivals gaming rooms, in one case, making a “incursion” of the false police in the Genovese game place within the repair of salt footwear. It was also alleged that he provided a advice on another rival play to a detective partner, and who warned an associate of Bonanno who was under investigation. Rosario was also accused of using a database of application of the law to seek the address of a federal witness who believed he was going to twist the bonan us.

Rosario, who was fired from the Nassau County Police Department in 2022, was accused of lying to the FBI agents during a 2020 interview when he declared that he had no information about the mafia or the illegal game places. He also denied knowing the identity of the mafia associate he had warned and said he was not familiar with the gaming business within the repair of salt shoes, prosecutors said.

The verdict took place after a seven -day trial before the American district judge Eric N. Vitaliano, the former Staten Island assemblyman. Rosario was acquitted of justice obstruction, but faces up to five years in prison when he was sentenced for the position of false statements.

“This corrupt detective chose to demonstrate its loyalty to an organized criminal family about the public who swore,” said US prosecutor John J. Durham. “When police officers exploit their positions to obtain personal profits, he erodes public confidence in the application of the law.”