Ralphie Guarino was an FBI informant and a former associate of the Decavalcante Crime Family

DeCavalcante crime family

The DeCavalcante crime family is an organized crime family that controls organized crime activities in Elizabeth, New Jersey and surrounding areas in the state, despite operating on the other side of the Hudson River in New York, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the American Mafia...

, the New-Jersey based crime family that is sometimes considered to be the inspiration for The Sopranos

The Sopranos

The Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads...

. He is currently in the Witness Protection Program with his family after he was arrested for masterminding the Bank of America robbery in 1998

1998 Bank of America robbery

In 1998, struggling mobster Ralph Guarino, decided to rob the World Trade Center's Bank of America. He recruited a friend named Salvatore Calciano, who had worked at the World Trade Center for 20 years....

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Previously, he had been known as the owner of underground gas station tanks that created a hazard for many years at the 25th Street R line subway station in New York
City.