Edward Sciandra
{{Short description|Italian American mobster (1912–2003)}}
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Edward "Eddie The Conductor" Sciandra (November 13, 1912 – July 13, 2003), was an Italian born member of the Mafia from Montedoro, Sicily.{{cite web|url=http://www.onewal.com/maf-b-sc.html|title=THE AMERICAN MAFIA - Crime Bosses of Pittson|accessdate=22 January 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104071747/http://www.onewal.com/maf-b-sc.html|archive-date=4 January 2013|url-status=dead}} Sciandra was the former boss of the Bufalino crime family,{{cite web|url=http://americanmafia.com/Cities/Northeast_PA.html|title=American Mafia. Northeast PA|last=Machi|first=Mario|accessdate=22 January 2012}} and expanded their operations into Florida.{{cite web|url=http://members.fortunecity.com/sosdie/mob/family/pittston/pittston.htm|title=The Pittston Family|last=Deitche|first=Scott|accessdate=22 January 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326113948/http://members.fortunecity.com/sosdie/mob/family/pittston/pittston.htm|archivedate=26 March 2012}}
Criminal career
Sciandra was known to be an old-school man, especially with his work.{{citation needed|date=January 2012}} He moved to Jamaica, Queens in the 1950s or 1960s. From there he moved to Pennsylvania and reunited with his cousin Russel Bufalino.{{citation needed|date=January 2012}} Sciandra then began working with the Bufalino crime family sometime in the late 1960s and became a made man. Later, in 1980, he became the acting boss for Bufalino while he was imprisoned.[https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/80711NCJRS.pdf Pennsylvania Crime Commission Annual report] ncjrs.gov After Sciandra the current boss William D'Elia took over.
On November 9, 1981, Sciandra was indicted by federal grand jury in the Southern District of New York, charged with violating the Internal Revenue Code along with Bufalino family associate Vincent Foti, Sr., New York City businessman Yale Kroloff and Peter Cardaisis. On January 15, 1982, Sciandra, Foti and Cardaisis pleaded guilty.[https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/83697NCJRS.pdf 1981 Annual Report] p. 17 Pennsylvania Crime Commission (April 1982) {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810050515/https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/83697NCJRS.pdf |date=August 10, 2021 }}
Sciandra died on Long Island, New York on July 13, 2003.
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