Profile
Chris Paciello
Gangster; Restaurateur
Male
Born
Sep 7, 1971
Age
41
Hometown
Brooklyn, New York
Other Names
Ludwigsen, Christian
Chris Paciello is a Cosa Nostra associate and government informant who was convicted of murder. During the 1990s, Paciello was a prominent night club owner in the South Beach section of Miami Beach, Florida.
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Ingrid CasaresFling
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Look: Sofia Vergara All Smiles After Scuffle In Super Hot One PieceHuffington Post - Jan 03, 2013
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Fighting For Attention! Sofia Vergara Flaunts Her Boobies On The Beach In Latex SwimsuitRadar Online - Jan 02, 2013 -
Script In Development About Famed Miami Nightclub OwnerThe Palm Beach Post - May 25, 2012
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New Line Goes Clubbing In MiamiYahoo News - May 24, 2012
Timeline
Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Chris Paciello.
CHILDHOOD
1971
Birth
Paciello was born in 1971 in Borough Park, Brooklyn and spent his childhood there.
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TWENTIES
1992
21 Years Old
Paciello had connections to the New York Cosa Nostra crime families. On Staten Island, Paciello joined the New Springville Boys, a youth gang with affiliations with the Bonanno crime family. In December 1992, he participated in a $300,000 bank robbery at a Chemical Bank in the Staten Island Mall.
In February 1994, Paciello and his gang robbed a Westminster Bank in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, stealing $300,000.
1995
24 Years Old
In late November 1995, Paciello opened a new nightclub, Club Liquid in South Beach, bringing in local celebrity Ingrid Casares as a partner.
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1996
25 Years Old
In 1996, William Cutolo, a powerful leader of the Colombo crime family in New York, told Paciello that he needed to start paying tribute to him.
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1999
28 Years Old
On December 1, 1999, Paciello was charged in New York with the 1993 murder of Judith Shemtov and robbery.
2000
29 Years Old
In October 2000, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to ten years in prison, a lenient sentence as a government witness.
THIRTIES
An accomplice, Thomas Reynolds, who in 2004 was sentenced to 42 years in prison, shot Sami's wife, Judith, in the head, killing her, when she answered her door.
2006
35 Years Old
In September 2006, he was released after serving six years in prison and placed on parole.
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Paciello was arrested over a street fight in 2008, but no charges were filed.
FORTIES
2012
41 Years Old
On March 6, 2012, Paciello opened a new restaurant, Bianca, in the Delano Hotel in South Beach.
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