| Benedetto Aloi | |
| Birth Date: | 6 October 1935 |
| Birth Place: | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Death Place: | New York, U.S. |
| Other Names: | Benny |
| Allegiance: | Colombo crime family |
| Conviction: | Extortion and conspiracy |
| Penalty: | 16 years and eight months' imprisonment and fined $100,000 |
| Relatives: | Vincenzo Aloi (brother) |
| Occupation: | Mobster |
Benedetto "Benny" Aloi (October 6, 1935 – April 7, 2011) was a New York City mobster who became underboss of the Colombo crime family. Aloi was a main figure in the "Windows Case", Aloi was also a major figure in the Third Colombo War.
Benedetto Aloi was born in Brooklyn and later lived in Ozone Park, Queens before relocating to Floral Park in the 1960s.[1] Benedetto along with his brother Vincenzo joined their father Sebastian "Buster" Aloi in the Profaci crime family.[2]
On November 19, 1974, Benedetto Aloi was indicted in Brooklyn along with 156 other mobsters on perjury charges. He was accused of lying to a grand jury that was investigating police collusion with an illegal gambling ring.[3]
On June 28, 1984, Aloi was indicted on loansharking charges. Prosecutors alleged that he was involved with Resource Capital Group a company in Lake Success, New York, that lent over $1 million in a year and a half at interest rates of 2 percent or more per week.[4]
From 1978 to 1990, four of the five crime families of New York rigged bids for 75 percent of $191 million, or about $142 million, of the window contracts awarded by the New York City Housing Authority. Installation companies were required to make union payoffs between $1 and $2 for each windows installed.[5] [6]
On May 30, 1990, Aloi was indicted in the "Windows case" along with other members of four of the New York crime families.[7] On October 19, 1991, Aloi was convicted of one count of extortion and a related conspiracy count in the Windows case. On March 26, 1993, Aloi was sentenced to 16 years and eight months in prison and fined $100,000.[8]
On March 17, 2009, Aloi was released from a halfway house in the Greater New York area.[9] He died of natural causes on April 7, 2011.[10]