Mario Fortunado gets $300,000 settlement for overturned murder conviction
A reputed New York mobster has won a $300,000 settlement after his conviction for a 1994 murder was overturned.
Mario Fortunato's lawsuit was settled in the New York state Court of Claims on Dec. 19, The Daily News reported.
Fortunato's lawyer, Irving Cohen, declined to comment Tuesday.
Mario Fortunato pictured at the Fortunato Brothers Bakery in Brooklyn, which he is co-owner of
Fortunato, 67, was convicted in federal court and later in state court in the 1994 murder of Tino Lombardi. Both verdicts were overturned by appeals courts.
A spokeswoman for Attorney General Eric Schneiderman confirmed the settlement for the 22 months that Fortunato spent in state prison.
Fortunato, who is a co-owner of the Fortunato Brothers Bakery in Brooklyn, was charged with luring Lombardi to a Mafia social club in Brooklyn where he was shot by hit men.
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ShareMobster-turned-informant Michael D'Urso was wounded in the shooting. He called the settlement 'a complete disgrace.'
He told The News: 'I lived, my cousin died. My cousin Tino's wife, his mother, his children, then went through torture.
'For them to have to see (Fortunato) on the street every day, my heart bleeds for them.'
The Fortunato Brothers Bakery is pictured in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
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