When police arrested the president, former president, and treasurer of UFCW Local 348, they could have picked them all up at a family reunion. Anthony Fazio Sr., John Fazio Jr., and Anthony Fazio Jr. were charged with racketeering, extortion, money laundering, and witness tampering.
According to the indictment, the trio extorted businesses at $1000 a pop or more by threatening to harm their businesses unless they paid up.[2] Over their 16-year tenure of the union, the Fazio family stole or extorted over $2.4 million from union members and employers.
