On September 17, 2008, their racketeering convictions were ordered reinstated by a federal appeals court.
The racketeering convictions were also overturned, because the tax charges made up the bulk of the crimes used to support the charge.
So is he, serving nine years on a previous racketeering conviction.
He was imprisoned from 1986 to 1993 on a federal racketeering conviction.
During the 1980s, Furnari served as the family consigliere until his 1986 racketeering conviction.
He is serving a 12-year sentence for a 1997 racketeering conviction.
A racketeering conviction involving murder carries a life sentence without parole.
He is serving a 100-year sentence from a racketeering conviction in the 1986 Mafia Commission trial.
The two men's racketeering convictions were thrown out on appeal.
He had been imprisoned since 1986, when he was sentenced for his earlier racketeering conviction.