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Locked In with Ian Bick

Bookie For The MOB And SURVIVING Max Federal PRISON | Chicky Cecchetelli

Locked In with Ian Bick

Ian Bick

Society & Culture

4.9606 Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2023

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

Former Bookie for the Genovese Crime Family David "Chicky" Cecchetelli sits down to share his story from growing up in Springfield, Massachusetts to landing a job with the mob and being sentenced to federal prison.....twice. In this episode we dive into Chicky's upbringing, what working for the mob is really like and how Chicky was able to survive a maximum security prison. Thank you to Factor Meals for sponsoring this episode. You can support the show by going to ⬇️FACTORMEALS.COM/lockedin50and use code lockedin50 to get 50% off your first boxConnect with Chicky Cecchetelli:https://www.youtube.com/@chickycecchetelli1010https://instagram.com/chicky__cecchetelli?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==00:00 Intro00:32 Factor20:59 Start of Crime 25:52 Becoming a Bookie/ Genovese crime family30:52 Fat Chicky in the News33:07 Operations as a bookie45:12 Perks of the Mob49:11 Principles as a bookie51:56 Factor 55:01 Dangerous Situations1:00:29 Crazy Bookie Story1:02:32 Federal Indictment 1:07:27 Snitching/ John Gotti Story 1:12:52 Prison Life1:22:30 Eating in Prison1:25:50 Prison Stories1:30:24 Back with the Mob after prison?1:35:19 Another Indictment 1:44:27 Message1:46:40 Life Lessons Connect with Ian Bick: https://www.ianbick.com/Subscribe to our membership program on YouTube to get early access to interviews, see behind the scenes photos & more:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRvVklIft6DMelVW18M0oBw/joinPowered by Q29 Productions, LLC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

We are back with another episode of Locked In with Ian Bick. I know you guys love the mob stories. So today I have

0:07.3

chicky-chicotelli here with me to talk about his time being a bookie for the Genevievees crime family.

0:13.8

In this episode, we hear about his upbringing, the time he spent working with the mob, and how he was

0:20.3

sentenced to federal prison and then

0:22.5

gets out of prison and ends up back on house arrest for a second criminal case. Hope you guys sit

0:28.7

back, relax, and enjoy this episode with Chickie Chickateli. Also, guys, I have really exciting

0:34.3

news for you. Factor is our first sponsor for Locked In and is sponsoring this

0:39.7

episode today. Huge thanks to them for coming on board. Factor delivers delicious, fresh, never

0:46.2

frozen meals that are ready to heat and eat in just two minutes. You could support our show

0:51.2

by heading to FactorMeals.com slash locked in 50 and use code

0:56.1

locked in 50 to get 50% off your order. Also, guys, before we jump into today's episode,

1:03.4

I wanted to just take one second to touch on one quick thing. I was reading the reviews

1:08.2

from the survey. A lot of you guys have taken to support our podcast.

1:12.5

And one of them really stuck out.

1:14.2

And I just wanted to share it with you guys.

1:17.4

One of our watchers said,

1:20.2

Locked in is about redemption,

1:22.3

broken humans healing, learning, and doing better.

1:25.7

And in the process, other humans are helped. I think that

1:28.9

nails what our show is about right on the head. And I just wanted to appreciate you guys who take

1:33.8

the time to leave us comments, reviews, everything like that. This has been a great learning

1:38.5

experience and the show has really, really, really progressed in just a few short months.

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